THE SITE 
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backgrounds are most needed in a flat country, 
as they give variation to a garden which would 
otherwise lie flat and open to the eye, and are 
even more important to a small garden than to 
a large ; for, if judiciously planned, an idea of 
greater space is attained. Think too of the 
contrast, nay, even shock, of passing from 
the glow and glory of a little garden 40 feet 
square, all of little box-edged beds, each filled 
with a different-coloured wallflower, in tones 
of primrose, orange, gold, and crimson, through 
a short tunnel in a thick yew hedge, out into 
a cool grey and mauve garden about 40 feet 
by 45 feet, with grey-flagged paths and an 
old sundial, a low grey wall and steps up to a 
bank facing you, and yew hedges on three 
sides ; narrow borders following the blocks 
of yew and filled with mauve pansies (Maggie 
Mott), lavender, tall and short, and with 
Aubrietia grceca and the new variety “ Lavender” 
draping the walls and steps. Far more pleasure 
and effect is got by this treatment than from 
the ordinary garden 40 feet by 8 5 feet to be 
found at the back of many a small house. 
Tamarisk kept clipped is an ideal hedge for 
a windy spot. It is deciduous, and does not 
look well in winter without its feathery foliage 
of vivid green ; but in any stormy, wind-swept 
