Godfrey, Walter Hindes, 1881- · [London] B. T. Batsford, ltd · leaf 189
hes, open cages, cross hoops,pagodas, and terminate them with a finial of bird orbeast, such as used to adorn the stone gables andoak stair-newels of the Early Stuarts. Grown outof the natural tree, these shapely forms elude therestrictions of our artificial scale, and look wellwhatever their size… … Fig. 45.—Formal Garden, St. Albans Court. The labyrinth, maze, or the smaller parterres ofgeometric design in yew and box are a welcomevariation to the enclosed flower garden. Theireven appearance of quiet green rests the eye, andhowever eccentric the forms which the topiaryartist may display in…
