54 GARDENS IN THE MAKING 



should be of oak framing, moulded to suit the style 

 employed, and in any case should have an appearance 

 of strength and durability. 



More usually however, if there is space to follow 

 the general principles already set forth, we shall enter 

 upon a forecourt, or a drive leading thereto, and 

 we shall not be hampered by questions of privacy 

 or exclusion. Indeed, the entrance is such a point 

 of vantage to survey the courtyard itself, or the 

 sweep of the drive through the grounds, that we can 

 afford to be generous to the passer-by and give him 

 as good a view as our opportunities will allow. The 

 aim should be, whether by simple or more elaborate 

 means, to invest the threshold of our estate with a 

 suitable dignity, the design of which may still be 

 picturesque and imaginative in quality. The day has 

 happily gone by when " rustic " lodges were fashion- 

 able at the park gates, and a perverted sentiment 

 refused a legitimate architectural treatment where it 

 was obviously demanded. From the beginnings of 

 its history, architectural art has never been more 

 fittingly applied than when used in the shaping and 

 embellishing of entrance gates and archways, and 

 although it will suit neither the purse nor the taste 



