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Gardens for Small Country Houses. 



The shaped pool at Chehvood Vetchery, designed by Mr. Rome Guthrie (Fig. 214), 

 is part of a large and imposing scheme of garden design ; but it is instructive as showing 

 an idea equally applicable on a smaller scale. The pool is placed below the retaining 



FIG. 215. TILE-BUII.T FOUNTAIN BY SIK i:D\VI.\ LUTYliNS. 



wall of the terrace (the curved projections of which are also worthy of attention), 

 and the sense of length is emphasised by the extension of the pool as a narrow canal. 

 This is an interesting variation of the canal or rill treatment, which is also shown 



