THE GARDEN 241^ 



and by its relations, as seen from the outer side, to the retaining wall 



beneath it. 



Where a garden boundary rises to more than the height of the High 



eye, it usually is of itself definite in shape and marks the definite shape ^'i^'>}daries : 



r \ 1 rm • 11 • • • 1 Their Com- 



of the garden. The views across the garden termmate agamst it, and -position and 



the important points in these various views are recognized by ap- Decoration 

 propriate decoration and change of shape in the boundary structure. 

 If the form of the garden itself is to be particularly accented, the 

 corners of the garden boundary may well be made stronger. If a main 

 broad axial view terminates against the inclosure, its center may be 

 marked by a shelter, a pergola, a semi-circular bay in the garden wall, 

 perhaps half inclosing a pool. (See Plate 30.) Where a narrower 

 view, like a vista down the axis of a path, terminates against the bound- 

 ary, it may be marked by a gate in the wall, a hooded seat against it, 

 a niche with a statue, or perhaps a wall fountain. If the feature be a 

 gateway, the interest in it may consist of a glimpse out of the garden, 

 so narrow as not to interrupt the effect of continuity of the boundary 

 or, whether or not the gate admits of a view out of the garden, the 

 interest may lie primarily in the gateway itself as a decorative feature 

 of the wall. (See Drawing XIII, opp. p. 100.) It often happens that 

 a gateway assumes great importance in the design, perhaps recognizing 

 the intersection of the main axis with the boundary. (See Tailpiece 

 on p. 23.) 



Sometimes the boundary structure of a garden may be planned to 

 give a sense of inclosure, but not to be in itself conspicuous, screening 

 the outside world, but serving only as a background for more interest- 

 ing objects within the garden. A vista down a path running towards 

 such a boundary might be terminated by a free-standing statue or a 

 seat merely backed and protected by the bounding hedge or fence or 

 wall. Where complete inclosure of the garden itself is desirable, but 

 where the site of the garden commands from one end a good view into 

 the adjoining landscape, it may be possible to construct a shelter which 

 will serve as a terminal feature of the main axis, a dominant object in 

 the surrounding wall and a continuation of its inclosing mass, but which, 

 from its farther open side, will also command the view and furnish a 

 shady place from which the view may be seen. 



