Gardens for Small Country Houses. 



xvii. 



INTRODUCTION. 



IT is upon the right relation of the garden to the liouse that its value and the 

 enjoyment that is to be derived from it will largely depend. The connection 

 must be intimate, and the access not only convenient but inviting. The house, 

 in the greater number of cases, will stand upon a shght platform, not only because it 

 is better that it should be raised above the ground-level, but also because the making 



FIG. n. —CLOSE CONNECTION OF HOUSE AND G.\RDEN. 



