44 GARDEN DESIGN 



cherries, plums and magnolias are used, and from a 

 Japanese nursery catalogue one can judge how great 

 the demand must be. Maples also are grown in 

 great variety, and their gorgeous autumn colouring 

 is considered fully equal to flower beauty, and 

 they have the additional advantage of being 

 readily trained and dwarfed. Dwarfing is a high 

 art, and as the gardens are true to scale it is 

 imperative that the natural growth of many trees 

 should be restrained. Designs of different clipped 

 shapes, such as junks and little bridges, corres- 

 ponding to our usage with box and yew, are some- 

 times made, but the simulation of natural old age 

 is more often aimed at. 



Five styles are recognized, of which the " Hill 

 Garden " is the most important, and several sub- 

 divisions exist. Then there are the " Flat Gar- 

 den " ; the " Tea Garden " (planned in reference to 

 the mysteries of Tea Ceremonial) ; the " Passage 

 Garden " (a style suited to narrow town courts) ; 

 and the "Fancy Garden, " such as a Cherry 

 Tree garden. Whatever the style, water plays 

 an important part, and the preparation of a water 

 basin is the first action in the making of a garden. 

 -4. The flow of the water is under rule as well as every 

 other part. The inlet should be from the east, 

 the main current southerly, and the outlet to the 

 west. For the water to travel the other way is 

 regarded as unpropitious. Both inlet and outlet 

 should be conspicuous, 



