30 GARDEN DESIGN 



Stone, and only very low and formal beds 

 of flowers pinched into very low carpets, 

 with much Box often edging beds a 

 foot across. When I first went one 

 spring day with Mr. Saumarez, we saw 

 a large showy bed, and on going near, 

 found it composed of pieces of broken 

 brick painted yellow, blue, and red ! 



So, apart from needless formality of 

 design and bare walls where no walls 

 were wanted, there was often an ugly 

 formality of detail, a senseless attempt 

 to leave Nature out of the garden, an 

 outrage against all that ever has or ever 

 can make a garden delightful throughout 

 the year by ruling that even the walls 

 of the house should not shelter a Rose ! 

 And that is only part of what we get 

 by letting " builders and decorators " 

 waste precious means in stone that 

 should be devoted to the living treasures 

 of garden, lawn, or wood. 



