24 GARDEN DESIGN 



be more interesting than one composed entirely 

 of hedge, as at Hampton Court. The drawing on 

 page 23 gives a suggestion for such a maze. It 

 occupies a little over an acre of land, and gives 

 far more walking space than any other device. 

 The incidental gardens might each be devoted to 

 one special plant. 



Seven ft. should be allowed for each track, two 

 ft. for the hedge and five for the path. Yew 

 makes the best hedge, being opaque at all seasons, 

 but beech, hornbeam and privet will also serve, 

 and are quicker growing. If holly or thuja 

 are planted the latter being soon effective 8 ft. 

 of space must be given, as the hedge will occupy 

 3 ft. Instead of hedges treillage might be used, 

 which would be a screen at once, with the corre- 

 sponding disadvantage of not being permanent. 



THE LANDSCAPE STYLE 



THE attempt to imitate natural effects in garden- 

 ing has been greatly jeered at by admirers of for- 

 mal design, but there are circumstances when the 

 latter is out of place, and where a natural style 

 gives the happiest result. The splendid landscape 

 gardens created by such men as Kent and Repton 

 caused a multitude of imitators to spring up, who 

 attempted the same methods in cramped spaces, 

 and villa gardens, producing laughable pretentious 

 muddles. At an earlier date slavish copies of Le 



