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scale with the garden, or with that part of 

 the garden in which they are to be installed. 

 In these matters the designer's instincts must 

 guide him to the attainment of what is correct. 

 Good proportion is largely a matter of intuition, 

 though a sense of fitness may come from 

 knowledge and good sense. Let the garden 

 maker decide as far as possible by the help 

 of both. The golden rules are: 



Use before ornament. 

 Simplicity, 

 Appropriateness. 

 Sound construction. 

 Scale. 



As every garden picture must have a focus, 

 or, in other words, a point of interest to which 

 the eye will naturally direct itself before it 

 can properly appreciate the general effect, 

 I attach much value to the summer house as 

 a suitable device for the purpose. It makes 

 a very natural terminal to the principal path, 

 and is therefore "led up to" in such a way as 

 to enhance its usefulness for this purpose. 

 Again, the pointed roof is admirably adapted 

 for constituting the apex or summit of the 

 garden picture. This particularly applies to 



