The livable house, its garden . flower garden. Which moves the fifth point,—the pos-sible garden site, up to second place, and I am not sure but thatit deserves an earlier consideration than my efforts to treat it im-partially first accorded it. Generally speaking, a southern or southwestern exposure is bestfor the flower garden—and, if the house has been wisely plannedand placed, one or more of the main rooms will give on such anexposure, so as to make the garden enjoyable immediately fromthe house. No garden should be built where it will come in the way of adistant view, but should lie rathe
The livable house, its garden . flower garden. Which moves the fifth point,—the pos-sible garden site, up to second place, and I am not sure but thatit deserves an earlier consideration than my efforts to treat it im-partially first accorded it. Generally speaking, a southern or southwestern exposure is bestfor the flower garden—and, if the house has been wisely plannedand placed, one or more of the main rooms will give on such anexposure, so as to make the garden enjoyable immediately fromthe house. No garden should be built where it will come in the way of adistant view, but should lie rather where it may be walled roundby the house and some natural boundary, such as a wood or a hill;seen in connection with any great distance the garden grows in-significant; it must be treated as an outdoor room, with outdoorwalls to give it scale and importance, and that close, intimatefeeling which is part of a gardens charm. House and gardenought to be considered simultaneously, and such a position on the [4] / / .V G a r d. [5] The Livable House property chosen as will accommodate not only the building itselfbut the garden as well, in order that the two may be treated as aunit and the garden continue the lines of the house. Preferably it should continue them away from the road or en-trance side of the house in order to catch something of the remotefeeling which belongs to woods and fields, and will not co-existwith automobiles and deliyery wagons. These necessities shouldbe provided for in such a way as to leave one side of the house freefor garden, and as much of the grounds as possible unbroken byroad; which means that forethought must be brought to bear whenthe house is being planned and such details settled as the positionof the furnace, so that the finished house will not be discoveredwith a coal window accessible only through the flower garden, ora garage occupying the best possible outlook from the living-roomwindows. Nine times out of ten on a place too small to pr
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