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nice for a band on garden-party days. Country fairs in 

 fancy dress would have a good background, and the 

 circular open space intended for the audience would give 

 room for a large number of people to move about as they 

 wander from one gaily decked booth to another. 



In past years we came upon such charming theatres 

 when we explored old German gardens, and if we do not 



Fig. 21.— a Garden Theatre. 



quickly copy the pictures that we have of them, we shall 

 lose these records of what once gave pleasure to many. 



Hedges 



In a large and very formal garden, to make the outskirts 

 more architectural than if it only had a nut or beech hedge 



