24 GARDENS : THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



clipped square, it is possible to produce an effect similar 

 to that shown in the picture (Fig. 22). 



Here there are at intervals hedges clipped square, but 

 supported by two pedestals of treillage on either side. 

 An ornamental pot appears to stand upon each of these 

 pedestals. 



One wonders whether blustering gales ever sent these 



pots flying, for they 

 cannot have been very 

 practical, although they 

 no doubt were orna- 

 mental. 



A way out of the dif- 

 ficulty might be to form 

 the pots of treillage work, 

 and thus have them 

 fixed to the -pedestals. 



Then creepers planted 

 below could be trained 

 up inside the treillage frames, and would appear as if 

 growing in the ornamental pots on the top. This was 

 often done in old Dutch gardens. In front of the hedge 

 another ornamental pot stands upon the ground, and 

 even if the other two up aloft were dispensed with, this 

 one might remain. 



The^'hedged-in gardens up to now discussed are 

 intended for the grounds of large country places. Let us 

 consider what we can do for small gardens. 



The sunk garden of Kensington Palace furnishes us 

 with two most charming hedge designs. The restful lines 

 of the first, made of privet, or, to use a preferable and 

 prettier old name, primprint (from printemps), can be 

 adapted to large or small gardens. 1 1 is merely a question 

 of proportion. Here, the lines of the Palace being some- 

 what wide and low, the hedge has been cut to correspond. 



Fig. 22. 



