140 GARDENS : THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



The banks of earth (i, 2, 3, 4) are wide enough to be raised 

 about 17 feet above the path upon which the spectator 

 walks, this height gradually increasing to about twenty- 

 feet above him as he advances towards the summer-house. 

 There are not a great many stones, but those used arelarge, 

 and grouped together in natural-looking strata. They 

 stand out, making bold headlines, and frame different 



Fig. 88. 



views, thus giving shadow-pockets or sun-traps according 

 to the varying habits of plants. Specially handsome ones, 

 fine in outline and colour, are chosen for the pool and its 

 stepping-stones. Should there be space enough, we 

 might almost encroach upon the Japanese idea of symbolic 

 names for these, and include some that would bear such an 

 attractive one as the " Stone of Easy Rest " or the " Seat 

 Stone." After pausing here to see the water-loving 

 plants, the many coloured alpines which carpet the banks, 



