22 GARDENS : THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



A passage-garden could also have windows cut in the 

 hedges which form its sides. These could be either tall 

 and narrow or oval-shaped. The height of the hedges, if 

 varied and cut lower between the spaces allotted to the 

 windows, would enable one to see the tops of pink may- 

 trees planted in the garden beyond. The windows would 

 afford glimpses of many coloured herbaceous flowers, and 

 in this way suitable dark-green frames would be made to 



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 B, Recesses for flowers ; C, paved walk ; D, grass walk. 



show off pretty flower pictures. Such hedges were often 

 in old gardens termed " Palissades de Th^itre." 



In these days of pastoral plays and pageants, why are 

 hedges not planted more to form an out-of-door theatre ? 

 Yew and other hedges grow very quickly if properly 

 treated ; and even should the garden not often be used as a 

 stage the shape is good, and the different blocks of green 

 arranged with a view to entrances and exits are suitable 

 places for seats. Then, too, the little stage would be 



