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III. PERSPECTIVE TREILLAGE, GALLERIES, AND OTHER 

 ELABORATE ORNAMENTAL WORK 



We now come to those important designs which are 

 suited to large gardens. They should be far more exten- 

 sively carried out than they are, because many gardens, 

 where expense has not to be considered, are wholly 

 devoid of incident. They have no surprise, no mystery 

 for us, and all is laid bare from the first step the visitor 

 takes inside the gates. 



This should not be. A pleasure garden, surely, is 

 primarily for the encouragement of outdoor life. It is a 

 means of inducing us to carry on our avocations, enjoy- 

 ments, games, and intercourse under the happy freedom 

 of blue sky, with the strength-giving sun rays nearer to 

 us than when they have to penetrate within four walls. 

 Our endeavour should be to make our gardens no less 

 comfortable and inhabitable, while more beautiful, than 

 our rooms. By this we do not mean that the beauty and 

 restfulness of Nature are to be marred by our small human 

 erections of architectural features ; but we wish for more 

 meaning in garden planning. Shelter, whether it be from 

 wind or from sun, is always wanted. Cosy corners, 

 where a book can be read or writing done ; wide, 

 important walks or terraces, where friends may wander 

 and discuss these are what we crave for. Then, too, 

 we want a moonlight garden, where pale white colours 

 gleam beneath dark-green bay-trees in Italian pots, and 

 sweet flower scents are wafted to us on the soft breeze. 



The level, green lawn, parterre beds, herbaceous 

 borders, and stiff wire-strained espaliers are not all 

 satisfying. We need a good, strong, dark background, 

 either fine-grown yew hedges and trees, or if we have not 

 these, then architectural features, like treillage galleries. 



They are restful if their lines harmonize with those of 



