CHAPTER II 
Designing a Garden 
G ARDENS as we commonly know them 
are not exalted to the dignity of being 
designed, for “ garden ” is a term that 
is usually confined to that portion of the 
ground whereon vegetables grow. But as a 
matter of fact, it should not be so limited, for 
rightly, a garden is an enclosed space planted 
with trees, fruits, flowers, or vegetables, or 
all four. So really the entire grounds about 
a suburban dwelling constitute its garden; and 
it is as a “ garden ” that I am going to ask 
you to think of them. It is these in their en- 
tirety that are to be furnished with a design — 
that is, that are to be planned and made 
orderly and beautiful. And they must be con- 
sidered as a unit in order to accomplish this 
with the best results. 
There must be no slip-shod treatment any- 
where, no ignoring of any portion, and no 
separation of one part from another. All to- 
gether the plot of ground must be considered, 
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