THE CHOICE OF A SITE AND ITS TREATMENT. 



on the South-east side of the house, while another flight leads to the tennis lawn on 

 the South-west. The latter lawn, with its surrounding flower borders, forms a third 

 terrace constructed to a level somewhere between those of the other two, and, owing to 

 the nature of the contours, it is only possible to make it large enough for one court. 

 Others could, if necessary, be provided on the open ground to the North-east of the 

 house. 



The lower The lower terrace is arranged with a view to breadth of effect. It is intended that 



terrace. effective use shall be made on this terrace of free-flowering perennials and roses to give 



brightness and colour, but 

 they will be concentrated to 

 prevent a spotty effect and 

 also to emphasize the central 

 axial line of the composition, 

 leaving the rest of the terrace 

 free for broad, unbroken ex- 

 panses of lawn. 



Following the safe prin- 

 ciple already enunciated, that 

 the further we' proceed from 

 the house the freer should 

 be the treatment of the 

 details of the garden scheme, 

 the retaining wall of the 

 lower terrace, instead of 

 being finely wrought and 

 balustraded like that between 

 it and the higher terrace, is 

 simpler in design and treat- 

 ment, being built in the local 

 random-coursed ragstone 

 with a plain coping, but, to 

 prevent baldness, buttresses 

 are placed at intervals with 

 pier caps and finials over 

 them, thus breaking the 

 straight line and helping 

 the perspective. 



Further still from the 

 house the formal arrangement 

 is continued by the walk 

 down to the lake, which, 

 instead of walls, is enclosed 

 by the clipped holly hedges 

 FIG. 13. shown on the upper portion 



of the section No. 12, thus 



ensuring a still freer treatment, for however truly the greenery is clipped, it can never 

 have as hard a line as a wall would. 



The Lake. To dam up the stream so as to restore the lake to its original levels is an obvious 



necessity, and to prevent any hard break between the formal and the natural in the 

 arrangement where the path from the house meets it, a bridge is suggested connecting 

 with a garden temple on the opposite bank. 



LAY-OUT- OF- GARDENS 



MAE SKLDDCB -NEWPORT 



& G--BREWER -WILLIAMS-BO 



