170 SUBURBAN GARDENS 
— the garden design. Of course this will be 
greatly influenced by the work already done, 
but after all it is not of necessity absolutely 
determined in all its parts by this. And its 
possibilities, though perhaps not as great as 
they might have been with a different start, are 
not by any means even hinted at in the usual 
negligent acceptance of it as it stands, which 
is customary. With a plan of the ground and 
the house in its place on the ground, therefore, 
before us, let us begin the work just as we 
would go on from this point if it had been 
possible to start at the beginning. 
The first thing in design is the border, quite 
as truly now as in the other instance; so the 
border allowance is the first thing to be laid off 
on the plan. How much this shall be depends 
on the border that is to be used of course, but 
an allowance of two feet all around will cover 
wall and fruits, hedge, fence, and fruits, or 
fence and flower border; this may therefore be 
made and the kind of an enclosure decided 
upon later. Then to the actual design, which 
is to be unified, you will recall, and held to- 
gether first of all by giving it an axis from 
which to grow. 
The house plan and the disposal of entrances 
and windows and all similar features will fix 
