European and Japanese Gardens 
BOX-BORDERED BEDS 
from the main house and as much shut off as may be. House¬ 
hold service is brought to much greater perfection in England 
than in this country, so that distances, which to an American 
housekeeper would seem impossible, are deliberately planned 
for, that offices and service-yards may be out of sight, smell 
and hearing. Generally the kitchen-court is shut off by part 
of the house itself, and if this is not possible, it is screened by 
high walls. 1 he drying-ground is generally more open and 
sunny, and not infrequently clothes are dried on the ground 
instead of hung on a line ; so that the drying-ground may be a 
pleasant piece of turf, not unsightly even when covered with 
white linen. Thus in meeting the need of approaches to the 
house the two courts are developed. 
Before taking up in detail the needs which decide the 
character of the grounds more removed from the house, it will 
be well to point out that the English invariably carry into their 
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