Lily Pools 
the treatment of the triangular space between this ter- 
race and the.pergola. The diamond beds would look 
rather tiresome, but this is the most serious defect in 
the plan. A separate little Rose garden with a back-- 
ing of fruit-trees is seen from the dining-room. The 
kitchen garden in the north-east corner would be better 
for some more definite screen. The servants’ little 
garden opposite the kitchen window, with its grass plot 
and herb border screened from the road and trades 
entrance by a Laurel hedge, is happily arranged. A 
defect of the design is that Mr. Griffith does not show 
at what lines he proposes to vary the levels, an inevit- 
able arrangement in a site described as sloping 5 feet 
from north to south.’’ 
One feature that appears in both Mr. Hatton’s and 
Mr. Troyte Griffith’s design is a pool. Considering 
that it was stated that there was supposed to be a 
slope in the land from north to south of 5 feet, which 
inevitably involved a certain amount of excavation, I 
think it somewhat remarkable that no one introduced 
a Lily pool of more formal type. I can imagine no 
more desirable adjunct to such gardens than a formal 
pool, simple in outline, and devoted to the culture of a 
few of the delightful Nymphees and other water plants 
that are offered on every side to-day. No great cul- 
tural experience is necessary. Few are the difficulties 
that have to be overcome. Everywhere and anywhere 
in the garden where there is sunlight is the right place 
for such a feature; some, of course, are better than 
others. A pool 3 feet across is large enough, and 
30 feet not too large. A simple circular pool in the 
centre of a lawn with nothing of stone or other 
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