The Thinning Designs 



the dining-room a pretty outlook is given into the little 

 Yew-hedged garden with a semi-circular end. The 

 standard Apple-trees to the north of this little spot form 

 a good screen between the pleasure garden and the 

 kitchen garden, and also shut off the business corner 

 of the garden devoted to greenhouse and potting-shed. 

 The Mountain Ash trees between the main entrance 

 from the road and the trades entrance would also form 

 a satisfactory screen, and the servants' little garden is 

 pleasantly disposed to give an outlook from the kitchen 

 window. The entrance court is neatly managed, with 

 a Rose garden to the north-west of it and a sundial and 

 seat on the axial line of the entrance door of the house. 

 The south corner is also well contrived, and the chief 

 defect of the scheme is the provision of the long ser- 

 vice path along the south-east boundary which borders 

 on a road. This would give to the passer-by an 

 unattractive impression of the whole garden, and would 

 be uninteresting from within. 



" The third prize for Site No. 4 was awarded to Mr. 

 A. Troyte Griffith. The little hedged entrance court 

 is distinctly successful, with its trees and spring garden 

 on the west side. The tennis lawn is placed north and 

 south, and the south angle of the site is well employed 

 as a little pool garden where water plants could seek 

 hospitality. The best feature o^es^cheme^is the 

 very charming view which can be ge^HFrom the paved 

 space on the west side of the house looking through 

 Yew hedges southwards under the pergola to the 

 octagonal garden-house. The terrace on the south 

 side of the house with its semi-circular treatment is a 

 good feature, but Mr. Griffith has rather tripped over 



