INTRODUCTION. 





simian sped his Ixnvls in the 



Id tunes IN written in m.iny t->ks. and interest in the 

 jam < w growth in the l"\e 



<-t the garden. I he: . ! howling greens 



in aJv.it/ . , _.| iin j f 



nowhere 'Inn upon the marvellouslv hi-.iutiftil 



terra. it ( in Sowers- < .md 



Sutton Place. tiuildtord, are other hmivs distinguished hv 

 the po-session of charming howling greens. 



\ en lawn must needs be assented 



with the long bed -f generous proportions, full of her ha 

 flowers, that often ti>rms its margin. Mere the tall larkspurs. 

 the glorious delphiniums in all their sluJes of blue, phloxes, 

 hollyhocks 

 towering aloft. 

 queenly lilies, 

 the red lychnis, 

 and many 

 another stately 

 blossom may rise- 

 a - the b a c k-** 

 Around to things 

 <>f ^mailer growth 

 . h fill so well 

 that attract 

 feature in a 

 garden the 

 well - managed 

 border, formed 

 by one who has 

 every season in 

 mind. In such 

 beautiful garden 

 the lovers <>i 

 the formal style 

 and those who 

 cling to what is 

 natural m 

 meet upon com- 

 mon ground, for 

 they are, or 

 should be, one 

 n their love <>t 

 flowers, and the 

 trimmest ar- 

 rangement will 

 be the more 

 beautiful if it 

 welcome tlv 

 haidy flow . 

 wh.ch are ra- 

 diant from spring 

 all through the 

 summer until the 

 fall of the year. 

 The pictures of 

 such beds at 

 Borde Hill, as 

 illustrated with 

 this Introduction, 

 and again at 

 Munstead Wood. 



have suggestions of KM: it v that will surely fructify practically 

 in the gardens of many. 



Let us turn now to some other distinctive features of the 

 greater gardens, which nevertheless are interesting, attractive, 

 and suggestive for those less dignified. Such are stately 

 columns commemorative of famous men. or like that which 

 rises at Wilton a Corinthian pier, with a goddess m In i 

 as its topmost adornment. Such are the stately avenues 

 associated with the style of l.e Notre, exemplified in the 

 triple radiating avenues at Hampton Court, and ihe 

 avenue through Bu^hey Park. Here we tind the long canal, 

 still and beautiful, reflecting in its slvery smi.ice the mighty 

 trees that rise on either hand. One of the magnificent 

 canals at Hampton Court is illustrated here, and is as tine 



A LILY-LINED PERT,( M \. 



unple as Ae coulJ wish o( gardening in the M ii 

 Such work, it is true. t<> the park, rather than to tin- 



garden proper, but it has to-ne to us troin a turn when tin- 

 spirit of the garden w.. vd into the \< * 

 A stone-margined water at Albury is aN |, rich in its 

 watei-hli s. in order t" suggest how glori. . the 



lunities uttered to th'.se A ho can \\rk in th- 

 manner of the grand stvle ol gardening. Migmlueii 

 in the splendid " Emperor's Walk " at (irunston I'.rk. It is 

 found in the line pond with Its llaukn .it Sedgwkk 



Park, known as the "White Sea" and the hirtiiuat ouv" 

 Could we wish anything liner than the ruble 

 Fountain at Brockenhurst I'ark. ned with lilies, 



well ID 



with mavinry, 

 rued with 

 urns, tl inked 

 with superb 



hedges, and with 

 a Splendid double 



stair A. is le.i 



lip to the st 



lid .' 



I he statellili-s 

 w Inch has Iven 



alluded to does 



ii'.t imply re- 

 moteness. It 

 may have t ie 

 line and simple 

 Characters de- 

 picted at High- 

 narn and else- 

 where. It m.iv 



n be brought 

 into m od < s t 

 ir.len-.toiiv.est 

 th.-m wit!i some 

 I'har .it t< r ol 

 dignity. 



dignity is not 

 perhaps what 

 mo>t people 



k in gardens 

 a remark 

 which brings us 







lion air * 

 made, that 



len. like the 

 house, is the ex- 

 pression of I im 

 wh 



Abundant 

 the illustrations 

 in tlu-M 



tlie many forms 

 i nd ! 

 w Huh may r- 



lens attrac- 



I :)Ue, 



w.'uch may be de-ctibv.l as the leading feature of a st , 

 garden, conducts us out fr >m the I. the neighbouring 



country, and thus we are led to sjvak of tin- landscape 

 gar.'ens. It was an old fancy tn . rnal 



features of the parterres neighbouring the I>OUM- might 

 give place, as one withdrew, to more of n.itu'.' ter. 



until at length nothing of the aitificial remained. That is an 

 idea which may commend itself to many. There is much to 



;:d fo it, and an examination !' the pictures incluJed in 



this volume will disclose how - ; !.in his bee;i 



applied. At least ot this we maybe sure.th.it no rig.d line 



y du ides the geometrical or formal gardens Ir^.m tle 



landscape features that he beyond. 



How sweet and beautiful a landscape garden may be made 



