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the reader not to disfigure a very small garden 
with a few lumps of shrubs which is his nearest 
approach to the massing effects of his neigh- 
bour’s azaleas grown in many acres of ground, 
or I could point out the futility of trying to 
imitate the cypress walk at the Fiesole villa in 
a suburban garden. It is of no use for me to 
recommend the cutting of a vista through a 
thick shrubbery, though this is an excellent 
plan where the sky or some distant view can 
be seen (and not another house), as I have a 
mental picture before me of a garden where 
a vista cut through to the river beyond so 
delighted the owner that he cut vistas all 
round his lawn, and completely spoiled it by 
his peep-holes. 
There is no royal road to this sense of pro- 
portion, and I can only suggest that different 
gardens of recognised beauty and charm should 
be studied till the student can discern the 
difference between good and bad grouping 
for himself, and knows instinctively when he 
has got his central round bed, or the pave- 
ment to his sundial, too large or too small 
for its surroundings. 
A few plans of gardens which may be 
described as tried and proven may help the 
reader to form his own judgment, and possibly 
