GARDEN DESIGN JI 



as they can be. Where Barry left room 

 for a dozen flowers at Shrubland I put 

 one hundred ; so much for the " bare- 

 ness " ! 



On page 180 he says : 



I have no more scruple in using the scissors upon 

 tree or shrub, where trimness is desirable, than I 

 have in mowing the turf of the lawn that once 

 represented a virgin world. There is a quaint 

 charm in the results of the topiary art, in the prim 

 imagery of evergreens, that all ages have felt. 

 And I would even introduce Bizarreries on the 

 principle of not leaving all that is wild and odd to 

 Nature outside of the garden paling ; and in the 

 formal part of the garden my Tews should take the 

 shape of pyramids, or peacocks, or cocked hats, or ramp- 

 ing lions in Lincoln green, or any other conceit / had a 

 mind to, which vegetable sculpture can take. 



After reading this I saw again some 

 of the true " vegetable sculpture " that I 

 have been fortunate to see ; Reed and 

 Lily, a model for ever in stem, leaf, and 

 bloom ; the grey Willows of Britain, 

 sometimes lovelier than Olives against 

 our skies ; many-columned Oak groves 



