CONTENTS 
CHAPTER 
PREFACE 
I. Or GarpEns AND GarpbEN DgsicNers . 
Nature’s Gardens—Qualifications necessary for the 
Designer—‘‘Garden Architects”—Formal Gar- 
dens, Old and Modern—‘* Capability Brown ”— 
Repton—Artificial and Natural Design—Useless- 
ness of Stock Plans and Patterns. 
Il. Generat Principies 
Comfort and Convenience the Primary Essentials— 
Undue Complexity to be avoided — Variety 
Desirable — Garden Paths — Eccentricity Con- 
demned—Attempting too much—Colour and 
Contrast. 
WJ. Tur Srrection oF a SITE 
Accessibility—A pproach—Soils—Aspect—Altitude 
—Shelter—Surroundings—Outlines of Property 
—Existing Timber to be retained. 
IV. Watxs anp Lawns 
Carriage Drives to be Direct—Walks for Different 
Parts of the Garden—Serpentine Paths—Edging 
—Value of Lawns—Breadth and Space conveyed. 
V. Format anp LanpscaPe PLANTING 
Avenues often Pretentious—Objections to Clipped 
Yew Hedges—Topiary—Flower Walks — The 
Maze—Natural Planting—Boundary Plantations 
—Specimen Trees—Grouping. 
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