196 GARDENS IN THE MAKING 



with a garden some 115 feet long by 60 feet wide. 

 The house was to one side of the plot, and by a 

 happy chance a fine hawthorn, about a third of the 

 length of the garden from the house, was in line 

 with the outer wall and divided the width into two 

 parts — one of the same dimension as the building, 

 and the other coinciding with the distance of the 

 house from the boundary wall. This suggested 

 and facilitated the division of the area, lengthways, 

 into a wider portion on an axial line with the house 

 and a narrow strip suitable for a side walk. A 

 reference to the design will show how the former 

 or main portion was treated. The chief floor being 

 several feet above the ground level, a stone terrace 

 was planned with a double flight of steps merging 

 into one flight below. This led into a small 

 flagged garden with shaped beds, bounded by a 

 stone balustrade. In these beds any amount of 

 colour could be introduced, and the balustrading 

 divided this, the foreground of the picture, from 

 the larger portion beyond. The main area was laid 

 out with a geometric pattern of narrow stone paths 

 across turf, with a small pond in the centre. A 

 border for flowers or shrubs with scolloped edges 



