English Gardens 



hedges and indix'idual trees, or what is known as topiary-work, 

 was an importation from Holland, and at one time was very 

 popular. There are many examples of this work in the older 

 gardens, but to-day clipped work is rather more sober, and, on 

 the whole, more in keeping with the common-sense beauty of 

 the English garden. 



Shrubs are rarely seen as indi^'idual show-plants, but are 

 generally, massed and placed with some special end in view 



AN OUTLOOK FROM THE HOUSE 



beyond and apart from their mere beauty. They will serve to 

 screen the offices or the kitchen-)'ard, or to make a windbreak 

 ior more delicate things growing on the borders of the lawn. 

 ■Trees also are used very cautiously as indi\'idual specimens. 

 Occasionally a great plane tree or an ilex stands in lonelv gran- 

 deur at the edge of the lawn ; but, as a rule, the trees are 

 planted in groups to serve definite |uirposes, — sometimes to 

 shut out an undesirable \'iew, sometimes to form a vista 

 towards a pleasant scene. Again, a group of elms at the end 



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