46 GARDENS : THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



Fig. 36 is an excellent plan for a parterre; or it would 

 also do with ornamental pots alone standing in the circles 

 depicted. 



Fig. 37 shows another of these. But this one is in the 

 style of an old French garden before the rather more 



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FIG. 37, 



elaborate details of Le Notre had succeeded Du Cerceau, 

 Again, Fig. 38 is an especially bold and handsome 

 design. 



The art of the garden craftsman lies in selecting the 

 plan best suited to the piece of ground he has to deal 



with, and in the foregoing 

 pages the endeavour has been 

 made to lay stress upon the 

 need of studying the lie of 

 the ground as seen from the 

 house or orangery. This 

 study has reached a high 

 level of excellence in France, 

 and it is chiefly in that coun- 

 try that parterre gardens are designed with circular stone 

 basins for holding water to take the place of flower-beds 

 The most striking one I ever saw was at Chantilly. From 

 the high ground in front of the chateau we looked down 

 upon it. Each water-basin was surrounded by a narrow 

 border of very fresh green grass, and into that a formal 

 outline was cut, consisting of a tiny stone walk ; then 

 came a wider expanse of grass. The whole was one 



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