DOI issue:
No. 196 (July, 1909)
DOI article:Architectural gardening, [6]: With illustrations after designs by C. F. Mallows, F. R. I. B. A., and F. L. Griggs
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20967#0130
Architectural Gardening.—VI.
A RIVERSIDE HOUSE DESIGNED AND DRAWN BY C. E. MALLOWS, F.R.I.B.A.
of trees. An avenue of native trees, such as beech
or oak or elm, can scarcely be surpassed for fine
and dignified effect, just that effect of reposeful
simplicity so much to be desired; but this is
destroyed at once by the inclusion of other trees in
the same design, such as mixed evergreens of the
pine species. This is not to say that an avenue of
pines cannot be almost as good (when a common-
sense regard is paid to the locality, for they do not
look well in all neighbourhoods and in some are-
altogether out of place) provided they are all of the
same kind and size, but the indiscriminate planting,
of varieties, with their different shapes and colours,
must necessarily result in a hard and discordant
A COUNTRY HOUSE
104
DESIGNED AND DRAWN BY C. E. MALLOWS, F.R.I.B.A.
A RIVERSIDE HOUSE DESIGNED AND DRAWN BY C. E. MALLOWS, F.R.I.B.A.
of trees. An avenue of native trees, such as beech
or oak or elm, can scarcely be surpassed for fine
and dignified effect, just that effect of reposeful
simplicity so much to be desired; but this is
destroyed at once by the inclusion of other trees in
the same design, such as mixed evergreens of the
pine species. This is not to say that an avenue of
pines cannot be almost as good (when a common-
sense regard is paid to the locality, for they do not
look well in all neighbourhoods and in some are-
altogether out of place) provided they are all of the
same kind and size, but the indiscriminate planting,
of varieties, with their different shapes and colours,
must necessarily result in a hard and discordant
A COUNTRY HOUSE
104
DESIGNED AND DRAWN BY C. E. MALLOWS, F.R.I.B.A.