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advantage be given to that portion of the garden nearest the house, 

 to induce the idea of seclusion ; a public park at the end making an 

 additional reason for this. Consequently the part nearest the house is 

 terraced and separated from the rest by a bank and low privet hedge, 

 through which rise a series of arches covered with clustering ramblers 

 and honeysuckle, while the opening to the garden beyond is central with 

 the drawing-room window. (Fig. 19.) 



A third plan of a small garden in Sussex shows again a simple 

 treatment by which, in spite of an irregular- shaped piece of ground, 

 full advantage of the plot is taken from the living-room windows, while 

 the garden itself is subdivided to maintain a smallness of scale in keeping 

 with the size of the cottage. (Fig. 20.) 



The fourth plan, designed by my friend Mr. Arnold Mitchell for his 

 own house, speaks for itself, and surely proves what an infinity of delight 

 can be obtained from less than one-third of an acre if house and garden 

 are -treated together and designed with real understanding. (Fig. 21.) 



In conclusion, let us consider for one moment how the usefulness and 

 necessity of the modern garden apply to the busy life of a city worker. 

 If, as is so often the case, the garden is merely handed over to the odd 

 man, while the nurseryman's flowers are its chief adornment, its use or 

 necessity is indeed slight. But if, on the other hand, there is a true 

 appreciation of even some of the many possibilities attaching to its design 

 and care, there is within its narrow limits an educational influence beyond 

 all price. Unfortunately this is the point perhaps the least appreciated, 

 for the very reason that few realise how much can be done in a com- 

 paratively short time when some definite scheme is designed, and the 

 work is systematically carried out by the master himself, who, on his 

 return from town, gets into his oldest clothes and puts in an hour or so 

 of honest spade-work. 



To obtain the true balance of each part, the thought and care given 

 to each must take its share in elevating the mind, bringing it more in 

 tune with the perfect harmony of living nature, while the effort to produce 

 the unification of house and garden should surely assist in making them 

 the complete entity and centre from which our lives should radiate and 

 expand. 



And is there any moral shut 

 Within the bosom of the rose ? 

 But any man that walks the mead, 

 In bud, or blade, or bloom may find, 

 According as his humours lead, 

 A meaning suited to his mind. 



