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picturesque is what I may term "reticence." 

 It is not well to aim at giving too comprehen- 

 sive a view of the garden from any one point. 

 The planning should be so contrived that the 

 various garden features are seen one at a time 

 as it is traversed from end to end. This may 

 be arranged by judicious screening, for v/hich 

 trees, shrubs, arches, trellises, and other objects 

 may be employed. Much may be done in the 

 planting to attain this very desirable quality. 

 A long herbaceous border, filled with flowers 

 carefully graded in height, the tall ones all 

 standing at the back and the short ones in 

 front, presents a rather monotonous vista. 

 Its charm is greatly enhanced if the process 

 is partly reversed, so that here and there a 

 bold clump of flower or foliage is allowed to 

 push forward, thereby screening what lies 

 beyond; and incidentally this arrangement 

 has value in affording shelter to the smaller 

 and more tender plants lying between their 

 robuster companions. 



Nothing is more delightful than to pass 

 along such a border, finding something new and 

 unexpected every few yards. 



Again, the garden may be divided up into 



