688 



GARDENESQUE STYLE OF FLOWER-GARDENS. 



Hence it is that we have so few written 

 instructions how these things are to be 

 managed ; and also because those who, 

 for the most part, have excelled in this 

 kind of work, have been unable to com- 

 municate even their ideas of it to paper, 

 because they are in general men in the 

 humblest walks of life, and without the 

 advantage of education. Still we see 

 nature has endowed even them with a 

 peculiar gift that few educated men possess. 



The best article we have met with upon 

 rustic architecture is a paper communi- 

 cated to "The 

 Gardeners' Ma- 

 gazine," vol. x. 

 p. 532, by our 

 esteemed friend, 

 Mr Toward, who 

 fortunately pos- 

 sesses both the 

 natural gift, and 

 also the ability 

 of conveying his 

 ideas of con- 

 struction to us 

 in a very clear 

 and perspicuous 

 manner. The 

 subject of elucidation is a very complete 

 and tasteful rustic-house, erected in the 



grounds at Bagshot Park by himself, of 

 which a view and ground-plan are given 

 in figs. 967 and 968, and is to the following 

 effect : " The form is an irregular hepta- 

 gon, with a Gothic portico in front, sup- 

 ported on rustic pillars. The ceiling of 

 the portico is inlaid with moss of various 

 colours, representing a star and diamonds, 

 as shown in fig. 969, with a cornice of pin- 

 aster cones. The floor under the portico 

 is a copy of the ceiling, in different 

 coloured elliptical -shaped stones of a small 

 size. On each side of the doorway are 

 panels formed 

 in the rustic 

 style, with dif- 

 ferent coloured 

 woods. The en- 

 trance into the 

 house is Goth- 

 ic, opposite to 

 which are two 

 Gothic windows, 

 with stained 

 glass of various 

 colours. Under 

 these are four 

 square panels, 

 with a large 

 diamond in the centre of each, all formed 

 with moss. Along the sides, between the 



Fig. 968. 



Fig. 969. 



