64 GARDENS : THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



tant architectural features that are created. " Trellis," on 

 the other hand, represents to us the humbler ideas, which 

 comprise slender fences and light pergolas suited to small 

 places. The name " treillage" comes from treille = arbour. 

 A trellis means lattice-work of crossed threads or woven 

 " with three sorts of threads," from ^r^j= three, and licium 

 = thread. 

 We will first take — 



I. Trellis 



There is something rather fairy-like about the origin of 

 its name, and when we see the lattice- work of gilded reeds 

 which comes into many an early Italian picture, our 

 thoughts go to Benozzo Gozzoli. Well do we know his 

 frescoes, sparkling with fresh colour and full of descriptive 

 vigour, on the walls of the Riccardi Palace. In one we 

 see an example of a very charming lattice fence surround- 

 ing a garden. This is made of crossed wooden lattice- 

 work, fixed upon a stone ledge which outlines the garden. 

 Evidently it marks out the precincts of sacred ground, to 

 which only a few elect ones penetrate. The stone ledge 

 is wide enough to have pots with sweet-smelling herbs 

 upon it, a truly Italian custom. Angels move lightly 

 within the garden and weave wreaths and chaplets of 

 flowers, which are hung for further decoration upon the 

 trellis-work. Other angels, with songs of praise for God 

 written upon their golden halos, kneel in adoration ; one 

 other figure, surely that of Spring, moves lightly through 

 the garden, scattering flowers to beautify still more the 

 holy ground. There are many winding walks and heart- 

 shaped beds beneath the pine-trees of the garden. In 

 fact, if we give free rein to our imagination, there are 

 innumerable ideas we can take for our gardens from this 

 fresco. The distant scene is Italian, and equally delight- 



