go GARDENS: THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



on it. All these little touches need to be very lightly 

 done, and with discretion ; for we do not wish to run the 

 risk of Bacon's sarcasm about " tarts." 



With some woodwork it has a good effect to paint the 

 front of the lath of wood blue and to touch the sides with 

 green, or to emphasize certain details with white or red. 

 The beautiful grey-blue or dull peacock-blue colour that is 

 sometimes found still surviving upon old summer-houses 

 is one of the most restful colours. A less romantic but 

 practical colour is brown solignum, or even creosote. It 

 sometimes may be objected that the latter is not good for 



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the growth of plants, but in the open garden, with fresh air 

 blowing freely all round, it does not seem to affect them. 



In the palace garden of Oreno, in the time of Count 

 Batta Scotti, we see wonderful tunnels and galleries of 

 treillage-work. In particular there is to be noticed a 

 raised woodwork temple in the centre, which possibly 

 represented a bell-tower for summoning gardeners to 

 their work. Near it are some five galleries or so, all 

 running side by side, forming thus a long shadow-house 

 walk in the heat of summer. 



At Lusthuys, William III.'s castle, is an even more 

 elaborate gallery in treillage. This, one can picture, 

 could comfortably seat an orchestra in the central temple. 

 There were also probably small open courts, with gay 



