DOI Heft:
No. 53 (August, 1897)
DOI Artikel:Joass, J. J.: On gardening: with descriptions of some formal gardens in Scotland
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18389#0197
Formal Gardens in Scot la] id
of (lowers with a statue or two. The retaining
wall is supported by a row of twelve- deep buttresses,
with the bust of a Roman emperor on each.
These busts are not remarkable as sculpture—there
is far too much of a family likeness for that—and
nothing is pretended but sheer conventionality,
but the general effect of the long succession of
quaint heads is very striking.
There existed at one time summer-houses at the
east and west corners of this terrace which have
been removed.
There are some very quaint figures on the upper
terrace, among them a flamboyant Diana in the
north-east corner, balancing herself with great skill
on one foot; and some delightful boy figures, a
little Moor, and another sulky boy with a finger in
his mouth.
Beneath these terraces is the lower or kitchen
garden, but the borders are so trim and well kept,
with rows of espaliers for background to the flowers,
that it is a very gay sight from the upper terraces.
Exposed to the south, and sheltered by the
rising ground from the north, and by walls and
higher trees from the east and west, this is an ideal
spot for a garden, and many delicate plants are said
to thrive in it that usually require artificial heat and
the protection of glass.
Stirling.
The situation of this garden is unrivalled in
Scotland. It lies on the top of the rock of Stirling,
adjoining the Greyfriars church, with the winding
Forth far below and the magnificent hills of the
Trossachs in the distance.
The building is placed in the northern corner of
the triangular site, and faces the main approach
from the east, sheltered from the wind, however, by
the Greyfriars church. The bowling-green lies
directly south, overlooked by a long terrace, and
the difficult corner at the back of the building,
raised above the terrace and with a stone seat
round, becomes a convenient spot for a view of
the grounds, with the town winding down the slope
behind.
The awkward triangle remaining at the south-
west was formed into a garden in the Dutch
manner with flower-beds bordered with box and
narrow paths between, arranged in a desultory way,
with a selection of clipped yews, hollies and box
trees. The dial at the centre of the west side of
the green is of rather unusual design.
The value of the long lines of the terraces
and balustrades is very evident (page 175). They
give an air of completeness and stability to the
building by lengthening its base line. They also-
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of (lowers with a statue or two. The retaining
wall is supported by a row of twelve- deep buttresses,
with the bust of a Roman emperor on each.
These busts are not remarkable as sculpture—there
is far too much of a family likeness for that—and
nothing is pretended but sheer conventionality,
but the general effect of the long succession of
quaint heads is very striking.
There existed at one time summer-houses at the
east and west corners of this terrace which have
been removed.
There are some very quaint figures on the upper
terrace, among them a flamboyant Diana in the
north-east corner, balancing herself with great skill
on one foot; and some delightful boy figures, a
little Moor, and another sulky boy with a finger in
his mouth.
Beneath these terraces is the lower or kitchen
garden, but the borders are so trim and well kept,
with rows of espaliers for background to the flowers,
that it is a very gay sight from the upper terraces.
Exposed to the south, and sheltered by the
rising ground from the north, and by walls and
higher trees from the east and west, this is an ideal
spot for a garden, and many delicate plants are said
to thrive in it that usually require artificial heat and
the protection of glass.
Stirling.
The situation of this garden is unrivalled in
Scotland. It lies on the top of the rock of Stirling,
adjoining the Greyfriars church, with the winding
Forth far below and the magnificent hills of the
Trossachs in the distance.
The building is placed in the northern corner of
the triangular site, and faces the main approach
from the east, sheltered from the wind, however, by
the Greyfriars church. The bowling-green lies
directly south, overlooked by a long terrace, and
the difficult corner at the back of the building,
raised above the terrace and with a stone seat
round, becomes a convenient spot for a view of
the grounds, with the town winding down the slope
behind.
The awkward triangle remaining at the south-
west was formed into a garden in the Dutch
manner with flower-beds bordered with box and
narrow paths between, arranged in a desultory way,
with a selection of clipped yews, hollies and box
trees. The dial at the centre of the west side of
the green is of rather unusual design.
The value of the long lines of the terraces
and balustrades is very evident (page 175). They
give an air of completeness and stability to the
building by lengthening its base line. They also-
T74