1 84 GARDENS IN THE MAKING 



All boxes, tubs, and urns which are to hold 

 plants or dwarf trees should be of ample size, and 

 be either set upon the ground or upon a good 

 structural base. Nothing of a small or flimsy 

 nature should be admitted — for it is neither practical 

 nor comely. As in our flower borders it should be 

 our aim to provide the means for the most luxuriant 

 growth, so nothing but a mass of colour or a finely 

 shaped head of green should give the excuse for the 

 presence of these similar but isolated features. 



The box and tub pertain to courtyards, to paved 

 terraces and walks. They may at times take the 

 place of the mere ornament on a stairway (fig. 34), 

 or each side of a seat. But their most obvious duty 

 is to bring colour or greenery into those places 

 where the paved surface precludes planting, and to 

 bring it in a manner which fits with its formal 

 character. Hence their value in town or roof 

 gardens, and in courtyards surrounded by buildings. 

 When filled with flowers, they can easily and quickly 

 be replanted, or when furnished with choice trees 

 they can be brought out or removed into shelter at 

 will. Tlie monotony — if^ it exist — of a paved 

 terrace along the whole front of a brick or stone 



