The Garden Magazine, July, 1921 
299 
In the main the plans fall into two general groups — the one 
built about a central, unbroken patch of lawn, and the other 
made up entirely of walks and beds variously arranged. The 
former scheme, for sundry weighty reasons, is as a usual thing 
somewhat more popular. It not only gives a greater oppor- 
tunity for pictorial composition ; but, if the garden is thought of as 
an outdoor room, seems more appropriate. 
The small sketches I, II, III, and IV show examples of this 
first type. In Plan I, a simple but very effective form, we have 
the central rectangular lawn inclosed except for the passageways, 
in this case at the ends, by two long narrow beds. These are in 
turn surrounded by a grass walk, beyond which lie still other 
beds and the enclosing wall or hedge. 
Plan 1 1 shows slight variations. There are two additional 
passageways to the central lawn; the outside walks lead at the 
far end to openings in the hedge; and both hedge and bed at the 
farther end are extended in a bow. This has the effect of con- 
siderably increasing the apparent length of the garden and fur- 
nishes an ideal setting for a garden bench, fountain, or statue. 
Plan 1 1 1 shows one of several possible arrangements for a 
small square garden. In this sketch a flagged terrace is indi- 
cated along one side of the garden while in Plans I and II a 
pergola occupies the corresponding position. 
Occasionally one sees a garden constructed about a circular 
or oval lawn, or even a semicircular plot. In the case of the 
semicircle the flat side might lie along a pergola as in Plan IV. 
Of course, where the plot is necessarily irregular in shape and 
surface, a frankly naturalistic treatment may seem the only 
possibility. In such an event a judicious use of shrubbery and 
perennials in a park-like arrangement will likely prove most 
satisfactory. 
The ground under the pergola and the walks may well be left 
in sod. Brick, stone flagging, and gravel are, however, often 
used. These, of course, add materially to the cost of construc- 
tion. 
The second type of enclosed garden (of which sketches V and 
VI show examples), where the whole area is laid out in beds and 
walks, has an ancient and honorable tradition to recommend it. 
The so-called Colonial gardens were very often built on this 
plan. That very fact seems to give an air of old-time quaint- 
ness which the grass-centred garden is likely to lack. Though, 
as I said before, from a strictly artistic standpoint, modern taste 
is apt to decide in favor of the grass centre. 
Of this second class, Plan V shows one of the simplest and 
most satisfactory forms. The common artifice of increasing the 
apparent length of the garden by placing the cross walk some- 
what beyond the exact centre is illustrated in this sketch. The 
eye easily estimates the dimensions of the beds near at hand and 
naturally takes those farther away to be of the same size. 
A major problem in building the secluded garden is, of course, 
how to provide for the seclusion. We can’t all afford walls of 
stone, brick, or cement. The cost of an evergreen hedge, of 
Arborvitae perhaps, is in many cases not excessive. The Privet 
hedge is always attractive and, in a climate where it does not 
winter-kill, is as good as any. A row of Lilacs would do. I 
heard of one bold spirit who set a hedge of Carolina Poplar. It 
was eight feet high the first season, very fresh and beautiful, too. 
One could hardly recommend it seriously, however, as it would 
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What a refreshing spot in which to slough off all the irritations of the day! And quite within the bounds of 
possibility, even for those of us who have only a few yards of mother earth at our disposal. A skilful treatment 
of a small area which abolishes any sense of limitation and fills the visitor with zeal to go and do likewise 
