THE SMALL PLACE 



arched opening with lattice bars. The recessed 

 seat, in the center, has a slightly curved arch 

 overhead and a delicate lattice back on which 

 Roses are clambering. Next to it is a round- 

 headed gateway with a solid wooden door. At 

 the other end is the best of all its features, a 

 curved seat forming a segment of a circle. The 

 lattice at its back is arranged in panels that 

 look like casement windows and above it there 

 is a beamed overhang. Something about this 

 seat, placed in the deep shade of tall trees with 

 only faint mottled sunlight coming down through 

 the leaves, something in its cool gray, almost 

 ruined look gives it a charming timeworn spirit. 

 Such a feeling in a ten-year-old garden is not the 

 result of neglect but is expressive of an indescrib- 

 able atmosphere which is found in gardens where 

 there is a leaving of well enough alone. 



The side panels of the triptych are composed of 

 long straight grass paths. One is bordered by 

 deciduous shrubbery and flowers, the other by 

 evergreens. Such straight paths have a host of 

 possibilities. In England the lovely wall gardens 

 and clipped Yew walks are built along straight lines. 

 In the south we have remnants of Box-edged paths 



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