182 OLD-FASHIONED GARDENING 



elaborate design, from which we suffer, is perhaps one 

 point that cannot be too persistently emphasized. A 

 student of garden design cannot fail to be struck with 

 the anxiety for novelty and the restlessness which per- 

 vades much of the modern work; and some of the 

 great gardens of recent years are oppressive in their 

 over-elaboration and intricacy. This is to be expected 

 of course, in an age like the present; but it is neverthe- 

 less lamentable. For a garden should breathe rest and 

 refreshment, and furnish a retreat for nervous activity, 

 rather than a further sense of agitation. 



