Lily Pools 



the treatment of the triangular space between this ter- 

 race and the pergola. The diamond beds would look 

 rather tiresome, but this is the most serious defect in 

 the plan. A separate little Rose garden with a back- 

 ing of fruit-trees is seen from the dining-room. The 

 kitchen garden in the north-east corner would be better 

 for some more definite screen. The servants' little 

 garden opposite the kitchen window, with its grass plot 

 and herb border screened from the road and trades 

 entrance by a Laurel hedge, is happily arranged. A 

 defect of the design is that Mr. Griffith does not show 

 at what lines he proposes to vary the levels, an inevit- 

 able arrangement in a site described as sloping 5 feet 

 from north to south. " 



One feature that appears in both Mr. Hatton's and 

 Mr. Troyte Griffith's design is a pool. Considering 

 that it was stated that there was supposed to be a 

 slope in the land from north to south of 5 feet, which 

 inevitably involved a certain amount cf excavation, I 

 think it somewhat remarkable that no one introduced 

 a Lily pool of more formal type. I can imagine no 

 more desirable adjunct to such gardens than a formal 

 pool, simple in outline, and devoted to the culture of a 

 few of the delightful Nymphaes and other water plants 

 that are offered on every side to-day. No great cul- 

 tural experience is necessary. Few are the difficulties 

 that have to be overcome. Everywhere and anywhere 

 in the garden where there is sunlight is the right place 

 for such a feature ; some, of course, are better than 

 others. A pool 3 feet across is large enough, and 

 30 feet not too large. A simple circular pool in the 

 centre of a lawn with nothing of stone or other 



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