European and Japanese Gardens 
A BROAD WALK TO THE HOUSE 
grounds the same desire for privacy and separation which is 
noticeable in the house. The careful separation of the kitchen 
and offices from the master’s quarters has already been re¬ 
marked, and a similar separation is to be found between 
other parts of the household and between individual rooms. 
1 he nurseries are apart; the master’s own rooms are apart ; 
the guest-rooms are apart; and finally, except in suites of 
rooms used only for entertainment, the individual rooms are 
well divided from each other. T his same principle underlies the 
garden plan. The place is considered as an outdoor house. 
I he grounds are divided up according to their use, and each 
portion has its well-established boundaries. 
In a place of even an acre or two the first consideration is 
what can be got from the land in the way of actual return, and 
the space for a kitchen-garden is almost the first consideration. 
The demands of pleasure may march side by side with this 
utilitarian requirement, but it is very rare to find a man laying 
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