HISTORY & DESCRIPTION OF STYLES n 



gardening is in " Melincourt " by Peacock see 

 Appendix B. 



Throughout the nineteenth century the feeling 

 for garden design has steadily improved, and the 

 unity of house and garden is a recognized principle. 

 About the middle of the century Penshurst garden 

 was laid out, and is an encouraging sign that the 

 art of garden making still exists in England. Its 

 appearance would lead any one to suppose that 

 it was a survival from the old days of formal gar- 

 dens. The look of maturity is more easily 

 obtained than is generally supposed, for one of 

 the chief characteristics of the old work is the 

 perfection of the details, which taxes a modern 

 designer to produce at one effort. The coloured 

 drawing on page 74 shows the water garden in Ken- 

 sington Gardens, which was only four years old at 

 the time of painting. The surrounding pleached 

 alley looks quite substantial when covered with 

 foliage, but in the winter its youth is betrayed. 



THE FORMAL STYLE 



THE parts of a garden near a house, in separate 

 closed in compartments, on or near a terrace, are 

 suited for formal treatment. Houses are fre- 

 quently built with a portion set back, but with 

 the terrace line unbroken, and the extra breadth 

 thus given to part of the terrace makes an ideal 

 position for formal beds. Terraces over 20 ft. 



