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propriated to your use at ever so steep an 
angle, that angle should not only be accepted 
as a motif but it should be emphasized. Go 
farther than toleration — or resignation. 
Seize upon the extravagance of a site always 
and make it the feature of the place; develop 
the plan of both house and grounds not merely 
to fit the situation but to require it. There is 
a great difference in spirit between these two — • 
as great a difference as always lies between 
negative and positive. And as great a dif- 
ference will show in results. 
For example, the house and garden occupy- 
ing what has facetiously been dubbed a vertical 
plot should be developed “ up and down ” — 
vertically as well as horizontally. Different 
levels in both should be emphasized, and may 
even be exaggerated sometimes, by any device 
that will tend to do this. Topping a height 
with tall straight trees like poplars is one 
means to this end, while the use of a spirited 
architecture of rising lines is another. En- 
trances to the house at various levels which 
evolve of themselves in adjusting to such a 
site contribute greatly to the charm of the 
whole and create an interest of the quaint and 
unexpected indoors and out, as well as op- 
portunity for the most delightful garden 
