332 



GARDEN PLANNING 



In certain cases there may be insufficient room 

 for the natural screen, and then the trelHs 

 should be a permanent structure, built sub- 

 stantially of stout materials. 



I might enumerate a vast number of sugges- 

 tions and expedients for creating beauty in the 

 garden details, but I could not hope to exhaust 

 the subject within the limits of this chapter. 

 Each garden provides its own particular set 

 of problems, and the main point for the garden 

 maker is to be alive to opportunities for in- 

 teresting work and to avail himself of them to 

 the utmost. Though I have emphasized the 

 importance of studying the general effect, 

 and of treatment adapted for securing a broad, 

 well-composed, and interesting picture, I re- 

 gard it as equally important that the details 

 should be as carefully studied. A garden is 

 seen in tw^o ways — as a pleasant place afford- 

 ing a sense of space, repose, and variety of 

 form and colour, and as something to examine 

 in detail for its interest of flower and plant. 

 In time the outlines of the garden become so 

 familiar to the owner that they only feebly im- 

 press him, but not so the beds, borders, and 

 other parts of the garden devoted to flower 



