. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Introduction. xlv. garden and frames its distant view. Seen through this arch, on which creepers have made an almost impenetrable roof, appears a lily pool surrounded by a treillage colonnade which follows its outlines. Although this screen brings to the place a hint of the grand manner of French garden design, and with it a sense of size and dignity, the actual area of the garden which it adorns is little more than half an acre. This is mentioned in order that it may not be supposed that the quality of dignity to be secured by the use of
. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Introduction. xlv. garden and frames its distant view. Seen through this arch, on which creepers have made an almost impenetrable roof, appears a lily pool surrounded by a treillage colonnade which follows its outlines. Although this screen brings to the place a hint of the grand manner of French garden design, and with it a sense of size and dignity, the actual area of the garden which it adorns is little more than half an acre. This is mentioned in order that it may not be supposed that the quality of dignity to be secured by the use of treillage is appropriate only to large gardens. Where a rock garden forms part of a scheme it is best placed quite away from the house; but in many a small garden the only suitable place may. FIG. XXXVI.—A TREILLAGE COLONNADE. be not far from it. When this is the case it can be eifectively secluded by 'banks planted with shrubs,, as shown by the plan in Fig. xxxviii. The owner of a small place often has the desire of makmg a good show of flowers as an amiable form of cheerful welcome—immediately within the entrance. It is a kind thought, but not the most effective way of arranging the garden. It may be taken as a safe rule that the entrance should be kept quiet and, above all, unostentatious. A certain modest reserve is the best preparation for-some good gardening on the sunny side of the house, for in most cases the way m will be on the north or east. Labour and horticultural effort are often wasted on flower- borders or summer bedding all along a short carriage-way, which would be much better with a wide grass verge and shrubs Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932; Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-. London : Published at the offices of Country Life . .. and by G
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