56 GARDEN DESIGN 



thought of form, foremost among whom 



we must place artists who have the 



happiness of always drawing natural 



forms. Let Mr. Blomfield stand near 



one of the Cedar -like Yews by the 



Pilgrim's Way on the North Downs, 



and, comparing it with trees cut in the 



shape of an extinguisher, consider what 



the difference means to the artist who 



seeks beauty of form. Clipping such 



trees does not merely deserve " obloquy " ; 



it is worse than idiotic, as there is a sad 



reason for the idiot's ways. 



yl^ If I use what in the Surrey nurseries 



are called " hedging Yews " to form a 



hedge, high or low, I must clip them to 



form my hedge, and go on doing so 



if I wish to keep it, or the hedge would 



soon show me that it was " subject to 



natural laws," and escape from the shears. 



What right have we to deform things 



given us so perfect and lovely in form ? 



No cramming of Chinese feet into im- 



