CONTENTS 



Introduction. 



Relation of garden to house. Importance of 

 preserving or creating character. Hillside 

 Gardens. Owlpen J\danor and 3\'Iarkyate 

 Cell. Misuse of conifers. "Beauty of native 

 evergreens. Various sites. Tevn and other 

 hedges. Topiary work in small gardens. 

 Walls. Treillage. Quiet entrances. 



Tlanting at house-foot . . XI II 



Chapter I. — Millmead, Bramley, Surrey. 

 67/^ of ancient buildings. Shapeless ground. 

 Terraced in successive levels. Steps and dry- 

 walling. Summer-houses . . i 



Chapter II. — Two Gardens in Forest 



Clearings. 



Woodgate, Four Oaks. Tirgin yvoodland. 



Emerson and Reginald Blomfield on design. 



Hizh Coxlease, Lyndhurst. Rock and yvater 



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Chapter III. — A Garden in Berkshire. 



Roses grovjn as ''Fountains^ Brick dry- 

 yvalling. Stone-edged water garden. Refined 

 detail and ornaments . . .17 



Chapter IV. — Westbrook, Godalming. 

 Situation. Special compartments. Careful 

 planting scheme. Winter garden. Covered 

 seats. Flower border facing north . 27 



Chapter V. — A Garden in West Surrey. 

 Poor soil. 3^0 definite plan. Ta^ed court 

 with tank and steps. Colour in fiower 

 borders. Woodland paths. Thunder- 

 house . . . . .36 



Chapter VI. — Highmount, Guildford. 



Site and 'i'iezvs. Excavation of chalk. Rose 

 garden. Planted Walls. Garden-houses. 

 Colour schemes. Framing the yiews 46 



Chapter VII. — The Treatment of Small 

 Sites. 

 Some gardens by Mr. Inigo Triggs. The 

 value of historical examples. Taved 

 parterres. The use of treillage. A toyvn 

 garden by SirE. Lutyens. A seaside garden 

 b\' Mr. Mallows. Planting scheme by Mr. 

 H. Avray Tipping. Various typical 

 examples . . . • SS 



Chapter VIII. — On Hillside Gardens. 



Lady Mary Wortley Montagu on terraces. 

 Stairways. Terraced gardens. Inexpensive 

 materials. XJarioits examples . 74 



Chapter IX. — Steps and Stairways. 



Approach steps from road. Stairways m 

 children s dramas. Stepped treatment for 

 gentle slopes. Straight and curved stairs. 

 Terrace steps. Un formal stairs . 85 



Chapter X. — Balustrades and Walls. 



The design of balusters. The imitation of 

 historical examples. IValls and parapets 

 of open brickzvork. M\ills surmounted by 

 beams. A coronal garden. Serpentine 

 walls. Building in concrete . 100 



Chapter XI. — Climbing and Other Plants 



on Walls and Houses. 



misuse of ivy. Of ampelopsis. Of 

 wistaria. Various climbers. Shrubs trained 

 to walls . . . .Ill 



Chapter XII. — Retaining Walls and 

 Their Planting. 

 Hillside sites. Turf banks. Drv zvallin^. 

 Qrouping in planted dry zvalls in sun and 

 shade. Construction. Importance of ram- 

 ining. Steps . . . .119 



Chapter XIII. — Yew and Other Hedges. 



2 ew hedges in ancient gardens. In modern 

 use. Other trees for hedges. Box. HolF. 

 Privet. Laurel. Beech. Hornbeam. 

 Thorough planting. Topiary yvork . 129 



Chapter XIV. — Water in the Formal 

 Garden. 



" The soul of gardens.'^ Reflections. Pools . 

 and their vcater-leyels. Varied shapes-. 

 Lily ponds and their depth. Separate pool 

 gardens. If ater parterres. Fountains and 

 their sculpture. Leadyvork. Well-heads. 

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