Introduction. 



xlv. 



garden and frames its distant view. Seen through this arch, on which creepers 

 have made an almost impenetrable roof, appears a lily pool surrounded by a treillage 

 colonnade which follows its outlines. Although this screen brings to the place a 

 hint of the grand manner of French garden design, and with it a sense "of size 

 and dignity, the actual area of the garden which it adorns is little more than 

 half an acre. This is mentioned in order that it may not be supposed that 

 the quality of dignity to be secured by the use of treillage is appropriate only to 

 large gardens. 



Where a rock garden forms part of a scheme it is best placed quite away 

 from the house ; but in many a small garden the only suitable place may 



FIG. XXXVI. A TREILLAGE COLONNADE. 



be not far from it. When this is the case it can be effectively secluded by 

 banks planted with shrubs, as shown by the plan in Fig. xxxviii. 



The owner of a small place often has the desire of making a good show of flowers 

 as an amiable form of cheerful welcome immediately within the entrance. It is 

 a kind thought, but not the most effective way of arranging the garden. It may 

 be taken as a safe rule that the entrance should be kept quiet and, above all, 

 unostentatious. A certain modest reserve is the best preparation for some good 

 gardening on the sunny side of the house, for in most cases the way in will be on 

 the north or east. Labour and horticultural effort are often wasted on flower- 

 borders or summer bedding all along a short carriage-way, which would be^ much 

 better with a wide grass verge and shrubs alone. 



