CHAPTER II 
DESIGN 
Importance of different treatment for each garden — De- 
scription of several good plans — Gardens and borders 
of hardy plants. 
No two gardens are ever alike even when 
both are designed by the same person — I will 
not say architect, for no architect worthy of the 
name would ever design two exactly the same. 
Just as the individuality of the owner 
becomes stamped on his garden or manifested 
through it, so does the character of the garden 
need to be determined by its position, soil, and 
general physical features. 
And consequently any particular plan, made 
for a given spot, and perhaps successful enough 
to be thought worthy of imitation, has seldom 
the same effect when slavishly copied and 
carried out elsewhere. 
It is most necessary to study the contour, 
aspect, etc., and to determine to get the best 
results therefrom. The most that can be 
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