66 GARDENS I\ THE MAKING 



niched recesses, and entered by tall twin pedestals 

 crowned with vases of lead or stone. Again, a 

 mansion of Tudor outline — a crowd of brick gables, 

 oriels, lofty chimney shafts, and turrets — will wait 

 to receive us behind its gatehouse, where its turf- 

 bordered court is bounded by high trees or set 

 within a frame of low walls studded with pyramids 

 of yew. Or, the ample comfort of a house such as 

 Wren loved to build will furnish its forecourt with 

 fine wrought-iron work, in a long screen with central 

 gates, and perhaps on either side a colonnade with 

 low pavilions. And so in endless variety we can 

 trace the underlying idea of an orderly and con- 

 ventionalised area set about the entrance door of 

 the house, partaking of its architectural character, 

 but at the same time proving itself an integral part 

 of the garden scheme. 



It is important that the entrance courtyard should 

 require as little labour as possible in its upkeep, so 

 that its appearance shall not suffer from any chance 

 neglect. In these days of motor traffic it will have 

 to be wide, and a circle of some 70 to 100 feet in 

 diameter is not too much to allow, if vehicles have 

 to pass in and return by the same road. It can be 



