12 GARDENS : THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



England who did the house the great honour of sleeping 

 beneath its roof. 



The modern idea of piers to support a gateway is one 

 revived from old Italian days. These piers consist of 

 tiles embedded in cement, which rest 

 one upon the other. A terra-cotta 

 vase or trophy upon the top is an 

 additional decoration. This style of 

 entrance looks well either when lead- 

 ing from the road to a small house, 

 or, in larger places, when leading into 

 a surprise flower-garden (Fig. 9). 



The same idea is also adapted for 

 the pillars which support a wooden 

 pergola. 



In the north of France the walls 

 that surround gardens are usually built 

 of flints, which are very plentiful, and 

 therefore can be used freely. To 

 relieve the white glare there is a 

 roof-like finish of small red tiles to 

 the wall. Sometimes the walls are 

 whitewashed over, and then the red 

 tiles show still more effectively, and 

 are a good means of keeping the 

 rain-water well away from the wall 

 (Fig. 10). Another simple but decor- 

 ative French pier is Fig. u, built 

 with red bricks inserted to give a 

 colour pattern to rough-cast wall. 



What varying phases of style can be traced in gate- 

 ways themselves ! Very similar to the illustration on 

 p. 29 is what is perhaps one of the earliest entrances 

 to a ladies' small herb-garden of the Middle Ages, 

 with its slender uprights and Gothic pointed archway, 



FIG. 9. PILLAR MADE OF 

 ROOFING TILES BUILT 

 ONE ON TOP OF THE 



OTHER. 



