House fsP Garden 
PLAN OF THE GARDENS AT HAMPTON COURT 
From “ Formal Gardens in England and Scotland ” 
T HE feature, that differen¬ 
tiates Mr. Inigo Triggs’ 
“ Formal Gardens in England 
and Scotland ” 1 from nearly all 
other books on the same subject 
is the fact that it contains many 
well drawn plans of interesting 
old examples. These plans are 
not mere thumb-nail sketches 
indicating a general scheme, 
but carefully executed measured 
plans showing in detail all that 
one wants to know about the 
garden’s extent and arrange¬ 
ment. They make no pretense 
of being plans of the planting, 
for only here and there is given 
the name of some important 
tree or specially interesting 
hedge, but in all that relates to 
the garden’s design, they are complete and 
fully satisfactory. Drawn by an architect ot 
training, they evince an accuracy and clear¬ 
ness most gratifying to one who wishes to 
know the actual facts. When the garden is 
on rising ground the plans are accompanied 
by sections which make very clear the lay 
of the land and the terracing. In some 
instances bird’s-eye views, simply drawn in 
pen and ink, give not only the plan of the 
1 Formal Gardens in England and Scotland, by H Inigo Triggs. 
ii pp., 118 plates, 13 // x I7 // . London, B. T. Batsford. New 
York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1902. Price, $25.00. 
garden and its relation to the house but 
present a picture of the whole composition. 
Many photographs accompany the plans, 
but these are scarcely different from the 
average of those in the well-known “ Gardens 
Old and New ” to which Mr. Triggs’ book 
forms an invaluable supplement, furnishing 
exactly the one thing which that book most 
seriously lacks. The book contains many 
pages devoted to examples of all the acces¬ 
sories of a garden such as urns, balustrades, 
sun-dials, stone steps, leaden figures and gar¬ 
den-houses, chosen with taste and discretion. 
AT STOBHALL AT HAMPTON 
From u Formal Gardens in England and Scotland ” 
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