56 GARDENS: THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



the earth between. It also takes away the stiffness 

 which would be the effect if pots alone were there. 



^•What we wish now to consider is how our pleasure 

 gardens can be rendered more decorative by means of 

 ornamental pots. Let us move, therefore, from the 

 gardener's playground, the land of frames and cloches, 



FtG. 48. 



of precious leaf and pea.t mould, and search out positions 

 for handsome clipped bay-trees or other flowering shrubs 

 when they are planted in the great Italian terra-cotta 

 orange-pots. 



Fig. 48 lends itself to treatment in a large garden, 

 where perhaps a circular hedge of yew or beech gives a 

 good background. The hedge can be made to form, at 



