86 GARDENS IN THE MAKING 



at intervals along a tall hedge, make pleasant features, 

 or the hedge can be planted to fill the recesses of a 

 stone screen, or again the skyline can be diversified 

 indefinitely with the topiary gardener's art. 



It is an excellent thing at the outset to convince 

 ourselves of the beauty and utility of walls and 

 hedges. Such structural divisions will never be 

 regretted, and as the years pass the choicest parts 

 of the garden will be found within their shelter. 

 Their beauty will grow with time, they will cultivate 

 in us a sense of proportion, and the units of the 

 garden being thus clearly defined they will aid us in 

 dealing with the continual round of work. Like all 

 things of value, they are expensive in the initial out- 

 lay ; but money laid out in this way will repay itself, 

 not once, but many times over. 



Gates and Gateways 



Boundaries in gardens are made for us to pass 

 through, and the openings need only be limited by 

 such considerations of shelter and privacy as have 

 already been discussed. It is not necessary to 

 furnish our openings with gates, nor, indeed, to 

 mark them with any architectural feature. A 



