Introduction. 



xlv. 



garden and frames its distant A'iew. Seen through tliis arch, on ^^•hich creepers 

 have made an almost impenetrable roof, appears a lily pool surromided by a treillage 

 colonnade Avhich follows its outlines. i\ltbough this screen brings ito the place a 

 hint of the grand manner of French garden design, and with it a sense of size 

 and dignity, the actual area of the garden which it adorns is little more than 

 half an acre. This is mentioned in order that it may not be supposed that v 

 the quality of dignity to be secured by the use of treillage is appropriate only to 

 large gardens. 



Where a rock garden forms part of a scheme it is best placed quite away 

 from the house ; but in many a small garden the only suitable place may 



FIG. XXXVI.- 



-A TREILLAGE COLONNADE. 



be not far from it. When this is the case it can be effectively secluded by 

 banks planted with shrubs, as shown by the plan in Fig. xxxviii. 



The owner of a small place often has the desire of making a good show of flowers 

 — as an amiable form of cheerful welcome — immediately within the entrance. It is 

 a kind thought, but not the most effecti\'e way of arranging the garden. It mav 

 be taken as a safe rule that the entrance should be kept quiet and, above all, 

 unostentatious. A certain modest reser\-e is the best preparation for some good 

 gardening on the sunny side of the house, for in most cases the way in will be on 

 the north or east. Labour and horticultural effort are often wasted on fiower- 

 borders or summer bedding all along a short carnage-\\-a3-, which would he mucli 

 better wdth a wide grass \'erge and shrubs alone. 



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