GARDEN DESIGN 25 



Formal Gardening 



The very name of the book is a 

 mistake. " Formal gardening " is rightly 

 applied only to the gardens in which 

 both the design and planting were formal 

 and stupidly formal like the upper 

 terrace of the Crystal Palace, Kensington 

 Gore, as laid out by Nesfield, Crewe 

 Hall ; and Shrubland, as laid out by 

 Barry, in which, as in others of these 

 architects' gardens, strict orders were 

 given that no plants were to be allowed 

 on the walls. The architect was so 

 proud of his design, that he did not 

 want the gardener at all, except to pound 

 up bricks to take the place of flower 

 colour ! It may be necessary to explain 



