246 OLD-FASHIONED GARDENING 
Dutch Garden 
Characterized in design by its exactness and the 
regularity of its square beds, large or small, grouped 
around a circle or square at the centre. All the space 
is most economically and carefully used: useful and 
ornamental mingle, especially in cottage gardens, all 
being blended into so tidy and immaculately kept a 
whole that the clarity of the design is always perfect. 
This style is particularly suited to the smallest areas. 
The inclosing wall or fence is open, and on a large 
place, most suitably of ironwork. For small places a 
lattice or palings may be used. 
Planting 
Trees: None, except the fruit trees in an orchard. 
The Dutch garden is too carefully calculated to allow 
