300 THE SHAKESPEARE GARDEN 



Cinkfoyle Lozenges 



Flower-de-luce * Cross-bow 



Trefoyle Diamond 



Frette Oval 

 Maze. 



Here the maze is not intended as a labyrinth to 

 walk in, but is a design for the planting of flowers. 

 Markham's knots are: 



Straight line knots Mixed knots 



Diamond knots, single Single impleate of straight 



and double line 



Single knots Plain and mixed 



Direct and Circular. 



Knots, formed with "a border of box, lavender, 

 or rosemary, are eighteen inches broad at bottom 

 and clipped so close a level at the top as to form a 

 table for the housewife to spread clothes to dry on," 

 are Lawson's idea. 



The old garden books contain many designs for 

 knots, some of which are astonishingly intricate. 

 Examples occur in Markham's and Lawson's books 

 and in Didymus Mountain's "Gardener's Labyrinth" 

 (editions of 1557, 1594, and 1608), which are per- 

 fectly practical for use to-day. 



1 Fleur-de-lis. 



