44 GARDEN DESIGN 



the book in this respect is often droll. 

 One amusing passage is on p. 54 : 



However rich the details, there is no difficulty 

 in grasping the principle of a garden laid out in an 

 equal number of rectangular plots. Everything is 

 straightforward and logical ; you are not bored 

 with hopeless attempts to master the bearings of 

 the garden. 



This is the kitchen gardener's view, 

 and that of the market gardener of all 

 countries, but the fun is in calling the 

 idea of it "grasping a principle" \ At 

 this rate makers of chessboards have 

 strong claims to artistic merit ! 



No wonder that men who call a 

 " principle " the common way of setting 

 out kitchen and cabbage gardens from 

 Pekin to Mortlake can see no design 

 in the many things that go to make a 

 beautiful landscape ! 



Equally stupid is the assumption, 

 throughout the book, that the people 

 the authors are pleased to term " land- 

 scapists " flop their houses down in the 



