THE GARDEN PLAN 45 



the west, just beneath the window of the principal 

 sitting-room (figs. 28 and 56). The same position is 

 similarly occupied at Ascott House (fig. 30), Henley 

 Hall, Ludlow (fig 61.), and Coombe Warren, Kingston 

 Hill (fig. 60). A position has been left for a 

 formal garden to be seen from the drawing-room 

 windows at the east end of Dalingridge Place (fig. 

 57), and another adjoins the lawn at Plaish Hall 

 (fig. 8). In the plan on fig. 62 a rose garden is 

 shown to the west between the garage and pergola, 

 and two others below the pergolas on each side of 

 the lawn. 



These little gardens, set in carefully chosen places, 

 do not derange the general lay-out ; they concen- 

 trate the gaiety and brightness of colour and form, 

 and the eye is led along the broad borders to expect 

 their repetition at no great distance. Lower levels 

 overlooked by terraces are readily treated in this 

 way and present a feast of colour, inviting us to 

 descend among them. 



Where the whole area is small and there is not 

 room for much turf, or where the only lawn is to 

 be occupied by a tennis court and the rest of the 

 ground to be devoted to flowers, it is advisable to 



