7+ THE FORMAL GARDEN IN ENGLAND iii 



the Sermon on the Mount is literally represented 

 in clipped yew. At the entrance to the 

 *' mount," at the end of the garden, stand four 

 tall yews 20 feet high for the four evan- 

 gelists, and six on either side for the twelve 

 apostles. At the top of the mount is an arbour 

 formed in a great yew-tree called the " pinnacle 

 of the temple," which was also supposed to 

 represent Christ on the Mount overlooking the 

 evangelists, apostles, and the multitude below ; 

 at least, this account of it was given by the 

 gardener, who was pleaching the pinnacle of 

 the temple. 



