140 GARDENS : THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



The banks of earth (i, 2, 3, 4) are wide enough to be raised 

 about 1 7 feet above the path upon which the spectator 

 walks, this height gradually increasing to about twenty 

 feet above him as he advances towards the summer-house. 

 There are not a great many stones, but those used arelarge, 

 and grouped together in natural-looking strata. They 

 stand out, making bold headlines, and frame different 



FIG. 88, 



views, thus giving shadow-pockets or sun-traps according 

 to the varying habits of plants. Specially handsome ones, 

 fine in outline and colour, are chosen for the pool and its 

 stepping-stones. Should there be space enough, we 

 might almost encroach upon the Japanese idea of symbolic 

 names for these, and include some that would bear such an 

 attractive one as the " Stone of Easy Rest " or the " Seat 

 Stone." After pausing here to see the water-loving 

 plants, the many coloured alpines which carpet the banks, 



