CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION. 



Relation of garden to house. Importance of 

 preserving or creating character. Hillside 

 Gardens. Owlpen {Manor and ^Markyate 

 Cell. Misuse of conifers. 'Beauty of native 

 evergreens. Various sites. Tew and other 

 hedges. Topiary work in small gardens. 

 Walls. Treillage. Quiet entrances. 

 Tlanting at house-foot . . XVII 



CHAPTER I. MILLMEAD, BRAMLEY, SURREY. 

 Site of ancient buildings. Shapeless ground. 

 Terraced in successive levels. Steps and dry- 

 walling. Summer-houses . . i 



CHAPTER II. Two GARDENS IN FOREST 

 CLEARINGS. 



Woodgate^ Four Oaks. Virgin woodland, 

 gmerson and Reginald Blomfield on design. 

 High Cox /ease, Lyndhurst. Rock and water 



10 



CHAPTER III. A GARDEN IN BERKSHIRE. 

 Roses grown as "Fountains." 'Brick dry- 

 walling. Stone-edged water garden. Refined 

 detail and ornaments . . : 7 



CHAPTER. IV. WESTBROOK, GODALMING. 

 Situation. Special compartments. Careful 

 planting scheme. Winter garden. Covered 

 seats. Flower border facing north . 27 



CHAPTER V. A GARDEN IN WEST SURREY. 

 Poor soil. 3{o definite plan. TaVed court 

 with tank and steps. Colour in flower 

 borders. Woodland paths. Thunder- 

 house ..... 3^ 



CHAPTER VI. HIGHMOUNT, GUILDFORD. 

 Site and Views. Excavation of chalk. 'Rose 

 garden. Planted Walls. Garden-houses. 

 Colour schemes. Framing the Views 46 



CHAPTER VII. THE TREATMENT OF SMALL 



SITES. 



Some gardens by Mr. Inigo Triggs. The 

 value of historical examples. 'Paved 

 parterres. The use of treillage. A town 

 garden by Mr. Lutyens. A seaside garden 

 by Mr. Mallows. Planting scheme by Mr. 

 H. Avray Tipping. Various' typical 

 examples . . . ' '55 



CHAPTER VIII. ON HILLSIDE GARDENS. 



Lady Mary Wortley Montagu on terraces. 

 Stairways. Terraced gardens. Inexpensive 

 materials. Various examples . 74 



CHAPTER IX. STEPS AND STAIRWAYS. 



Approach steps from road. Stairways in 

 children s dramas. Stepped treatment for 

 gentle slopes. Straight and curved stairs. 

 Terrace steps. Unformal stairs . 85 



CHAPTER X.- BALUSTRADES AND WALLS. 



The design of balusters. The imitation of 

 historical examples. Walls and parapets 

 of open brickwork. Walls surmounted by 

 beams. A coronal garden. Serpentine 

 walls. Building in concrete . 100 



CHAPTER XI. CLIMBING AND OTHER PLANTS 

 ON WALLS AND HOUSES. 



Misuse of ivy. Of ampelopsis. Of 

 wistaria. Various climbers. Shrubs trained 

 to walls . . . .ill 



CHAPTER XII. RETAINING WALLS AND 

 THEIR PLANTING. 



Hillside sites. Turf banks. Dry walling. 

 Grouping in planted dry walls in sun and 

 shade. Construction. Importance of ram- 

 ming. Steps . . . .119 



CHAPTER XIII. YEW AND OTHER HEDGES. 



Tew hedges in ancient gardens. In modern 

 use. Other trees for hedges. Box. Holly. 

 Privet. Laurel. Beech. Hornbeam. 

 Thorough planting. Topiary work . 129 



CHAPTER XIV. WATER IN THE FORMAL 



GARDEN. 



" The soul of gardens?' Reflections. Pools 

 and their water-levels. Varied shapes*. 

 Lily ponds and their depth. Separate poof 

 gardens. Water parterres. Fountains and 

 their sculpture. Leadwork. Well-heads. 

 Pumps . . . . .141 



