174 SUBURBAN GARDENS 
long axis, but it is sufficiently united with the 
garden generally through the lines of the broad 
walk leading from this to its steps; also by the 
locating of the bird bath at the point of inter- 
section of the sitting room axis with the 
transverse axis of the dooryard. A lattice at 
the rear which spans the main walk with an 
arch further draws house and garden together. 
The entire garden is enclosed with a plast- 
ered wall made on a wood and galvanized wire 
lath framework, supported between brick piers. 
This is level on top and runs from a height of 
six feet in front to about eight in the rear, 
owing to the pitch of the land. It starts at 
the front corner of the house rather than on 
the boundary line, thus allowing space for the 
service entrance to pass along between the 
house and the boundary. This brings the ser- 
vice gate admitting to the garden at the rear 
of the house, where the wall completes its 
course at the house corner again and ends. 
Here is the design in all its salient features, 
simple, restful, unusual, and yet not in the least 
startling. The most radical thing about it is 
the wall — and this will seem radical only for a 
little while, for its economic service as well as 
its very great charm will recommend it to all 
who see it, and it will not f>e long before 
