CONTENTS 



Introduction. 



Relation of garden to house. Importance of 

 preserving or creating character. Hillside 

 Gardens. _ Owlpen .Manor and Markyate 

 Cell. Misuse of conifers. "Beauty of native 

 evergreens. Various sites. Tew and other 

 hedges. Topiary work in small gardens. 

 Walls. Treillage. Quiet entrances. 



Tlanting at house-foot . . XVII 



Chapter I. — Millmead, Bramley, Surrey. 

 Site of ancient buildings. Shapeless ground. 

 Terraced in successive levels. Steps and dry- 

 walling. Summer-houses . . i 



Chapter II. — Two Gardens in Forest 

 Clearings. 



IVoodgate, Four Oaks. Virgin "noodland. 

 Emerson and Reginald Blomfield on design. 

 High Coxlease, Lyndhurst. Rock and "ivater 



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Chapter III. — A Garden in Berkshire. 



Roses grown as "Fountains." Brick dry- 

 vpalling. Stone-edged water garden. Refined 

 detail and ornaments . . .17 



Chapter IV. — "Westbrook, Godalming. 



Situation. Special compartments. Careful 

 planting scheme. Winter garden. Covered 

 seats. Flower border facing north . 27 



Chapter V. — A Garden in West Surrey. 

 Poor soil. 0^0 definite plan. Td)>ed court 

 with tank and steps. Colour in flovner 

 borders. Woodland paths. Thunder- 

 house . . . . .36 



Chapter VI. — Highmount, Guildford. 



Site and '\iews. Excavation of chalk. "Rose 

 garden. Planted Walls. Garden-houses. 

 Colour schemes. Framing the Views 46 



Chapter VII. — The Treatment of Small 

 Sites. 

 Some gardens by Mr. Inigo Triggs. The 

 value of historical examples. Paved 

 parterres. The use of treillage. A to'vun 

 garden by Mr. Lutyens. A seaside garden 

 by Mr. Mallows. Planting scheme by Mr. 

 H. Avray Tipping. Various typical 

 examples . . . • SS 



Chapter VIU. — On Hillside Gardens. 



Lady Mary Worthy Montagu on terraces. 

 Stairways. Terraced gardens. Inexpensive 

 materials. Uarious examples . 74. 



Chapter IX. — Steps and Stairways. 



Approach steps from road. Stairways in 

 children s dramas. Stepped treatment for 

 gentle slopes. Straight and curved stairs. 

 Terrace steps. Unformal stairs . 85 



Chapter X. — Balustrades and Walls. 



The design of balusters. The imitation of 

 historical examples. Walls and parapets 

 of open brickwork. Walls surmounted by 

 beams. A coronal garden. Serpentine 

 walls. Building in concrete . 100 



Chapter XI. — Climbing and Other Plants; 

 ON Walls and Houses. 

 Misuse of ivy. Of ampelopsis. Of 

 wistaria. Various climbers. Shrubs trained 

 to walls . . . .Ill 



Chapter XII. — Retaining Walls and 

 Their Planting. 

 Hillside sites. Turf banks. Dry walling, 

 (grouping in planted dry walls in sun and 

 shade. Construction. Importance of ram- 

 ming. Steps . . . .119, 



Chapter XIII. — Yew and Other Hedges. 



Tew hedges in ancient gardens. In modern 

 use. Other trees for hedges. Box. Holly.. 

 Privet. Laurel. Beech. Hornbeam. 

 Thorough planting. Topiary -vo or k . 129 



Chapter XI V.^- Water in the Formal 



Garden. 



" The soul of gardens'' Reflections. Pools 

 and their water-le~\iels. Varied shapes-. 

 Lily ponds and their depth. Separate pool 

 gardens. Water parterres. Fountains and- 

 their sculpture. Leadyvork. Well-heads. 

 P^^'P^ 141 



