ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT 



Asshur-bani-pal feasting under an Arbour (Head-piece) i 



A Greek Pillar Fountain (Initial letter) I 



Romano-British Pavement excavated in Leicestershire .... 4 



An Egyptian Pool. From a mural painting 8 



Garland Weavers. From a Greek vase 14 



Sketch Plan of a Greek Exedra 15 



A Concave Sun-dial in the British Museum . . . . . 17 



A Potted Plant 19 



A Pompeian Table 20 



A Pattern for Clipped Box. From the " Hypnerotomachia Poliphili " . 22 



A Pompeian Fountain .......... 24 



A Pompeian Bust 25 



Fountain and Arbour. From the " Hypnerotomachia Poliphili " . .26 

 Geometric Pattern for a Flower-bed. From the " Hypnerotomachia 



Poliphili "........... 27 



A Rustic Enclosure 28 



An Exedra on the Street of the Tombs, Pompeii ..... 32 



A Grotto and a Pergola. From a recently discovered wall-painting . 32 



A Fountain surrounded by Domestic Animals. From a Pompeian mosaic 34 

 Three-headed Hermes from the " Hypnerotomachia Poliphili " . -37 



A Form of Tree-worship ......... 37 



A Hermes beside a Basin of Water ....... 38 



A Clipped Tree. From the " Hypnerotomachia Poliphili " 39 



A Man of Clipped Box. From the " Hypnerotomachia Poliphili " . 39 



The Rhodian Rose. From a coin ....... 41 



The Cretan Labyrinth. From a coin ....... 42 



A Fountain. From the " Hypnerotomachia Poliphili " ... 43 



A Portico. From the " Hypnerotomachia Poliphili " .... 44 



A Monastic Cloister-garth ......... 45 



