Godfrey, Walter Hindes, 1881- · [London] B. T. Batsford, ltd · leaf 96
undesir-able extremes. The material used must not be ofso unyielding a nature that it repels the impressof time and weather, nor should it, on the otherhand, partake of that tasteless and formless characterknown to misguided enthusiasts as rustic work.The one is as fatal as the other. A wall is a… … ffi o ;4 GARDENS IN THE MAKING readily yield to the natural processes which willmellow and soften its surface. No amount ofarchitectural form or ornament need necessarily beout of place, always provided it is well designedand in a material which harmonises with the vegeta-tion around it. In an old…
