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right of the mansion had its always accompanying row 

 un the left : or, as Pope in his Satire has more rhythmically 

 expressed it — 



" Grove nods at grove, each alley has its brother, 

 And half the platform just reflects the other." 



In the interior of the park, the plantations were generally 

 disposed either in straight avenues crossing each other, or 

 clumped in the form of circles, stars, squares, etc. ; and 

 long vistas were obtained through the avenues divaricating 

 from the house in various directions, over level surfaces. 

 One of the favorite fancies of the geometric gardener 

 was the Labyrinth (fig. 17), of which a few celebrated 

 examples are still in existence in England, and which 

 consisted of a multitude of trees thickly planted in 

 impervious hedges, covering sometimes several acres ol 

 ground. These labyrinths were the source of much 

 amusement to the family and guests, the trial of skill being 

 to find the centre, and from that point to return again 

 without assistance ; and we are told by a historian of the 

 garden of that period, that "the stranger having once 

 entered, was sorely puzzled to get out." 



IFi£. 17. A Labyrinth 



