GARDEN DESIGN 19 



architectural gardeners, and say, on 

 page 232 : 



Rows of statues were introduced from the French, 

 costly architecture superseded the simple terrace, 

 intricate parterres were laid out from gardeners' 

 pattern books, and meanwhile the flowers were 

 forgotten. It was well that all this pomp should 

 be swept away. We do not want this extravagant 

 statuary, these absurdities in clipped work, this 

 aggressive prodigality. But though one would 

 admit that in its decay the formal garden became 

 unmanageable and absurd, the abuse is no argument 

 against the use. 



Certainly not where the place calls 

 for it, and all absolutely necessary stone- 

 work about a house should be controlled 

 by the architect ; beyond that, nothing. 

 To let him lay out our home landscapes 

 again with lines of trees, as shown in 

 the old Dutch books, and with no 

 regard to landscape design and to the 

 relations of the garden to the surround- 

 ing country, would be the greatest evil 

 that could come to the beautiful home 

 landscapes of Britain. 



