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consideration aspects of house and garden from every point of 

 view. Here his imagination will come into play. He will 

 see not only the existing features, but his mental vision will 

 include pictures of what they may become. A comparatively 

 uninteresting tree or two will, in his mind's eye, be changed 

 into a stately and well-composed group ; a marshy hollow 

 become a charming bog or water garden ; and rough tussocky 

 grass be converted into a flower-fringed, well-kept lawn, with 

 trees and shrubs to give shade and shelter as well as beauty 

 to the scene. 



And, having formed and completed his mental plan, 

 knowledge of growing plants and the positions they best like 

 will enable him to carry it out. Good taste and a feeling 

 for colour will help him to make the garden an entirely 

 suitable setting for the house ; and a sense of proportion and 

 fitness will come to his aid in designing all details. Paths 

 for convenience in working, and ease in visiting the various 

 parts of the garden, will, as it were, suggest themselves. And 

 garden accessories, for convenience, for appearance and for 

 interest, will be designed with such wise and careful taste, 

 that they will appear thoroughly at home in the places chosen 

 for them, and will increase not only the usefulness and comfort, 

 but will add, also, to the beauty of the garden. 



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