2i8 GARDEN DESIGN 



crease the effect of space. The ground may be 

 well furnished and yet vistas arranged through 

 the groups at the end of which the best views are 

 to be seen. When the ground is already wooded, 

 vistas should be cut if there is a point of interest 

 beyond. I know a case where an unused path 

 became a favourite one simply by removing some 

 trees from a belt of woodland, and thereby expos- 

 ing a distant view of York Minster, which was an 

 objective well worth a walk, particularly in an 

 evening light. When the belt of trees was planted 

 this view ought to have been marked and a gap 

 left. Diagram 81 shows a number of shrubbery- 

 beds placed so as to give two good vistas from the 

 house. 



The most difficult trouble to meet is the growth 

 of trees, too beautiful to cut down, and yet which 

 cast overmuch shade, or block a view. Old 

 gardens frequently present such problems. There 

 may have been an error in planting, or the tree 

 may have been first on the place and spared with- 

 out sufficient thought of its ultimate size. Dense 

 shade may be modified by cutting away branches 

 from the centre of the tree, which allows sunlight 

 to filter through, and a tree may be reduced in 

 size without much disfigurement if limbs are sawn 

 away neatly at a fork. It is possible to remove 

 half a tree without spoiling its character ; the 

 only effect noticeable being that the tree is un- 

 usually thick in trunk and main branches for its 



