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GARDEN PLANNING 



will give a shady strip on the north side of the 

 house, which may be good or bad according to 

 circumstances. It is best that the shady 

 side should be that on which the kitchen 

 and its offices are situated, thus admitting of 

 flower growing at the side of the house upon 

 which the living rooms look out. 



These shadow diagrams represent a mean of 

 what would actually be found. The altitude 

 of the sun varies according to season, as well 

 as time of day, and thus the shadow of a wall 

 running east and west will be narrowest at 

 noon in midsummer and widest in the morning 

 and afternoon in midwinter. The shadow of 

 the house will vary in like manner for the 

 same reason. 



In open country sites, where considerations 

 of privacy do not carry so much weight, walls 

 and fences need not be so high, and their 

 shadows, therefore, would be practically negli- 

 gible. At the same time, the shadow question 

 must not be overlooked, as trees and other 

 fixed objects may exist on the site or in its 

 immediate vicinity. 



The House in Relation to the Site — When 

 the purchaser of a building plot decides upon 



