. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. 84 THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE. â / ,'nx^ /V -J" y"^ ''K .l^Ha£^. B H) C l( o- d LA-Y n L stellata _f^ Fig. £/i d A /or ⢠-A suggested planting plan for a small, square formal garden 3. The area should be level or nearly so. Where it slopes distinctly it should be brought to two or more levels by terracing. 4. The formal garden should be wholly and distinctly enclosed by buildings, walls, hedges, or shrub borders. Occasional outlooks may be provided through or over these bounds, but they must be managed with great skill.
. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. 84 THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE. â / ,'nx^ /V -J" y"^ ''K .l^Ha£^. B H) C l( o- d LA-Y n L stellata _f^ Fig. £/i d A /or ⢠-A suggested planting plan for a small, square formal garden 3. The area should be level or nearly so. Where it slopes distinctly it should be brought to two or more levels by terracing. 4. The formal garden should be wholly and distinctly enclosed by buildings, walls, hedges, or shrub borders. Occasional outlooks may be provided through or over these bounds, but they must be managed with great skill. 5. In the rectangular space no definite proportion between length and breadth is obligatory, but best results can usually be secured with a ratio of about seven or eight to five. 6. Each garden must have as its chief structural feature a major axis. This will nearly always be developed on the median longitudinal. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jennings, Arthur J; Johnson, Leonard H. New York, A. T. De La Mare
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