234 GARDEN DESIGN 



a division of some sort should be between it and 

 those parts. A path is an easily arranged division, 

 and a broad verge of mown grass should separate 

 it from the rough part. 



ON BOUNDARIES 



THE most attractive parts of a garden are enclosed. 

 A rose garden within its yew hedges, the walled-in 

 space by the house, are more admired and used 

 for rest and quiet reading than spacious lawns. 

 Often one hears it remarked, and made a complaint, 

 that the kitchen garden is the best part of the 

 garden. This is largely due to its being an enclo- 

 sure, which gives it a pleasant feeling of privacy 

 and security, and considering the charms of visible 

 boundaries it is a mistake to obscure them. The 

 smaller the garden the more its owner seems to 

 wish it to represent a boundless park, which is 

 against his own interests, if he desires to get the 

 most beauty out of his plot. 



The boundaries of a garden may be actually 

 ugly in themselves yellow stock brick wall, a 

 cheap fence, or the blank wall of a building. By 

 all means let these be hidden, but not in such a 

 fashion as to pretend no boundaries exist. The 

 most satisfactory way of dealing with an ugly 

 wall or fence is to use it for abundant climbers, 

 and by letting these have their natural growth, 

 that is to say not trained flat, the effect of a living 



