CHAPTER X 

 GARDEN DESIGN IN SPAIN 



SPAIN, " The Paradise of flowers," ought to be the 

 land of gardens. The love of outdoor life amongst 

 a people predisposed by climate to habits of indolence 

 and indulgence, the fertility of the soil, and the 

 necessity for shade from a scorching sun are all good 

 reasons for the existence of beautiful gardens, and yet 

 everywhere the traveller is struck by the scarcity of 

 them. 

 For the golden age of Spanish garden design, we must go back to the time 

 of the Moors, " nature's gentlemen," in whom, as we can easily imagine, 



A MODERN MOORISH GARDEN. 



a love of gardens, as of all other, forms of beauty, was inherent. Having 

 invaded Spain in the eighth century, they eventually spread their influence 



