270 COMMON SENSE GARDENS 



out, that the formal garden of England did not 

 need great space to be beautiful and effective. 

 The lower garden of Haddon Hall is but a hundred 

 and twenty feet square; the old walled-in garden 

 at Brickwall, in Sussex, is two hundred feet by a 

 hundred and sixty feet; the garden at Edzall Castle 

 is but a hundred and seventy-five feet long by a 

 hundred and thirty-five feet wide, and there is a 

 beautiful garden at Stobhall, in Scotland, that 

 covers only half an acre. The beauty of these 

 gardens lies in the way they are planted, in the 

 character and colours of the flowers that are used. 

 They are carefully planned and the arrangement is 

 carried out under the supervision of the proprie- 

 tors, who would as soon think of leaving such an 

 important function wholly to the gardener as they 

 would of entrusting the hanging of their Gains- 

 boroughs and Lelys to the cook. The garden is 

 considered to be one of the most important parts 

 of the house, and it expresses the thoughts and 

 sentiments of the master or mistress whose affec- 

 tionate care and devotion are ungrudgingly lav- 

 ished upon it. 



The best and most lasting effects that will not 



