GARDEN DESIGN 4I 



which we must keep in quiet places 

 away from any sight of walls, are all 

 " impossible " to these authors ! How 

 much better it would be for every art 

 if it were impossible for men to write 

 about things of which by their own 

 showing they have not even elementary 

 knowledge ! 



And the sketches in the book show 

 us what these possible gardens are ! 

 They are careful architects' drawings, 

 deficient in light and shade ; not en- 

 graved, but reproduced by a hard 

 process, some being mere reproductions 

 of old engravings ; and diagrams of old 

 " knots " and " patterns," with birds zhd 

 ships perched on wooden trellises, with- 

 out the slightest reference to ariy human 

 or modern use. A curious one of 

 Badminton will show fully the kind 

 of plan the authors wish to see revived. 

 Some of the illustrations show the evils 

 of the system which the authors advo- 



