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carrying out of the work lift* been entrusted, tliat on tho park side of tlie jnilaco, ami running 

 nanillol with it during its whole lengtli, will be a rai-^eJ terrace walk 48 feet broad, whieh will 

 bo apiiroftilied from tlic basement floor of tlie building iminediiitely under the center transept (for 

 it is to have three) by a flight of granite steps 120 feet wide. Tiiis walk will be furnished ou tiic 

 eido farthest from the palace with balustrades and ba-^tions, which will overlook a gra.-« s-lope KO 

 feet wide • and then a terrace garden ornamented witli flower beds on gras:>, fountain?, sliriibs, 

 and tree-", and intersected in vaiious directions by bniail gravel walks. Tiiis gardi-n will be .300 

 feet in breadth, closed in at the ends by the two projecting wings of tlic palace, and cut off from 

 the park by an ornamental terrace wall, also furni-hed with bastions and balustrades. The two 

 projecting wings of the building will terminate in two towers, each 90 feet in height, from whieh, 

 as well as from the various bastions, a fine view of the terrace gardens, the park, and the wide 

 spreading valley beyond, will be obtained. The most extensive view of the surrounding country, 

 however, which is ou all sides higldy picturesque, will be had from the building itself, along 

 whose whole length we learn there is to be an ojten colonnade. A walk 90 feet broad will load, 

 bv a flight of stops of the same width, from the center of the terrace garden to a fountain and 

 circular basin, 192 feet in diameter, at a little distance in the park ; and after passing round tliis 

 basin, will proceed in the direction of Penge Church, till it terminates in another circular basin 

 and series of magnificent fountams, whose equals will only be found in such great gardens as 

 that of Chatsworth itself. To give some idea of the magnificence of the display that may be 

 expected to be found here, we may mention that the center column of water will raise 230 feet in 

 height; around that will be four fountains, each 120 feet in height, and these again will be sur- 

 rounded by 16 others, each 72 feet in height. Nor is this all ; there are other groups as grand, 

 besides multitudes of smaller decorations of a similar character, which in themselves will doubt' 

 less be worthy of Sir Joseph Paxto.n's skill and experience in the construction of such matters. 

 On the south-east side of the great fountain just described, will be a lake covering 5 acres of 

 ground; other ornamental water will chiefly consist of two stripes on either side of the principal 

 walk, just below the first fountain. Those are to be each 4.50 feet in length, and will be fashioned 

 into cascades, which will fall into broader pieces of water on the right and left of the walk, and 

 lying at right angles to it, each 1000 feet long. These two latter pieces will each contain fount 

 ains of great power and beauty, so that there will certainly be no want of decorations of this 

 kind, which tend so much to set off jtleasure-grounds to advantage. On two little knolls on 

 either side of the princijial walk, but at some distance from it, will be a flower garden with an 

 arbor or fome erection of that kind in the center, and all round these, as well as in the neigh- 

 borliood of the fountains, and indeed all in front of the terrace garden down to the south-east 

 extremity of the ornamental water, will be drc^s grounds, interwoven with walks, margined with 

 flower beds and shrubs, of which it will be seen an immense quantity will be required both for 

 this portion of the park and for the terrace garden. Report says that 50,000 scarlet Pelargoni- 

 ums have been contracted for. Sir Joseph Paxton, however, we believe possesses classified lists 

 of what plants of the kinds wanted, English nui-series are capable of supplying ; but with respect 

 to purchases, little definitely has been done, Avith the exception of the buying Messrs. Loddigks 

 collection mentioned .it page G16. It will thus be seen that the gardening operations connected 

 with this great undertaking are as yet comparatively in their infancy, and tlie directors will have 

 much to do before all that we have mentioned above shall have boon completed. Beyond the 

 dross ground will be the open park, the Anorly side of whieh, whore there is a considerable 

 extent of wood and thicket, will be converted into a kind of gipsy ground, by forming walks 

 through the wood ; but not otherwise materially altering its natural character. Tliis will afford 

 an agreeable and cool retreat from the scorching heat of a summer's sun. By way of conclusion, 

 we may mention that a new branch railway from Sj'denhara will set the visitor down on tlie 

 Bouth-oast side of the park, at the end of a glass-covered Avalk, 48 feet broad, whieh will connect ^ 

 the station with the palace. — London Garedners' Chronicle. 



