CHAPTER V 



THE WINNING DESIGNS CONSIDERED IN 

 DETAIL (Continued) 



SITE No. 2 : WITH SOME REMARKS ON 

 HERBACEOUS BORDERS 



THE size and shape of this site offered much greater 

 scope for garden design than did Site No. i. It is 

 curious, however, that there was little attempt to do 

 more than maintain throughout the quadrangular 

 form that the shape of the plot already provided. 

 There was ample room here for some more liberal treat- 

 ment than just following the lines of the fences. It 

 would have been pleasant to have seen the formality 

 that was imperative near the house merging into some- 

 thing more nearly approaching Bacon's conception 

 of being ' ' framed to a natural wildness ' ' as the lines 

 receded from the house. The first-prize design to 

 some degree appreciates the desirability of this by the 

 introduction of an orchard that would look in reality 

 far less rigid and formal than it does in the plan. It is 

 easy to imagine this recess in the garden as cool, 

 shady, and delightful. 



In the spring, when, amongst the browns and greens 

 of the tree trunks, the Snowdrop, Scilla, Crocus, and 

 Daffodil would wake to life, and a golden carpet of 

 Winter Aconite would spread itself over the ground ; or 



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