REPRODUCING THE GARDEN 241 
tive form, the differences between the several kinds of 
old-fashioned gardens which our garden history shows 
us to have been distinctly developed. These little 
tabulated classifications are illustrated with diagrams, 
in so far as may be; and a list of proper plants for each 
is attached. 
I have dwelt at some length elsewhere upon the 
necessity for a harmonious whole, and I have assumed 
that the gardener who undertakes a revival of the old 
style intends to secure such harmony. For those who 
do not care to do more than build an isolated example 
of the old-fashioned flower garden, however, there is a 
plan for such a garden, with its planting key. My 
advice is against such an innovation; but there may of 
course be circumstances where it is justifiable, and 
where its effect will be satisfactory. But I think it is 
no more than fair to say that, even though the plan and 
the planting are scrupulously exact and nothing is al¬ 
lowed in that is not historically correct, such a garden 
will not differ greatly in appearance, to the amateur 
at all events, from any modern garden of to-day that 
is well planned and planted. It is only by restoring 
the whole that the old atmosphere will be restored; the 
entire development of a place enters into this, and con¬ 
sequently must be taken into consideration and into the 
garden scheme, if the result is to be a success. 
