36 GARDEN DESIGN 



double avenue comes from a third direction, open- 

 ing into a circle from which roads lead in four 

 directions, while to make a sixth opening to 

 balance the exits, a recess is made in the shrubbery. 

 The design here begins to be more formal, and 

 lines are straight. The management of the con- 

 nexions between geometrical shapes and informal 

 curves is worth studying. The straight openings 

 through the wood are for reasons of sport. 



THE MIXED STYLE 



A STYLE midway between the formal and land- 

 scape is thought a good deal of in France, and 

 known as the " mixed style." The plan on page 

 35 gives a good example of this on rather a large 

 scale. It is the work of M. Vacherot, and was 

 designed for part of the grounds at the Brussels 

 Exhibition of 1910. Steps and levels, water 

 basins and elaborate bedding out patterns are 

 combined with grass plots of uncertain shape, 

 planted with clumps of shrubs, and single speci- 

 mens. The repose that an elaborate design 

 expects to gain from its open grass space is thus 

 lost, and except that the gardener has more scope 

 for plant cultivation there does not seem sufficient 

 compensation. 



