NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS 



that can be found in the north of England. This garden, which covers 

 some forty acres, was laid out about half a century ago by Nesfield, 

 who was one of the chief of the Early Victorian garden designers, and 

 it quite adequately represents his methods. Much use has been 

 made of marble statuary, most of which is by Italian artists ; and 

 there is one path particularly the Emperors' walk which shows 

 very effectively how sculpture can be introduced into a garden design. 

 This walk has at one end a statue of Paris offering the apple and at 

 the other a temple in which stands a colossal bust of Napoleon I., 

 and on either side are placed busts of Roman Emperors. The house 

 itself, which is in the classical style, replaced an early building in 

 1840. 



Nesfield was also responsible for the fine terrace and formal garden 

 on the south front of Harewood House (Plates LII. and LIIL), in 

 the centre of which there is a large and imposing fountain executed 

 by Raymond Smith. The house overlooks a wide expanse of 

 country ; in the middle distance is a lake, surrounded by trees, which 

 was constructed by Capability Brown, and beyond is a vista of hills 

 and valleys, diversified by masses of woodland. On the eastern side 

 is a small square garden bounded by a dwarf hedge of trimmed yew 

 and surrounding a basin in which stands a green bronze figure of 

 Venus. Beyond the formal garden on the south is an unusually fine 

 herbaceous flower garden, and below this again is a grass terrace 

 which runs along the whole width of the garden above. A walk 

 along the margin of the lake leads to a charming little rose garden, 

 and other walks wind through the woods beyond. In the kitchen 

 garden is a herbaceous flower walk, with a rustic pergola covered 

 with climbing roses, and in the centre of this walk is a circular grass 

 plat upon which stands an old stone sun-dial. 



Heslington Hall (Plates LIV. to LVIL), an old Tudor mansion 

 which was restored about seventy years ago, has considerable interest 

 as a good specimen of domestic architecture. The garden in which 

 it stands is not elaborate in design, but in character and manner of 

 treatment it is admirably in keeping with the house, and it has a 

 kind of old-world atmosphere that is more than usually satisfying. 

 It is, fortunately, exceedingly well cared for, and has not been allowed 

 to lose any of its trim and stately formality through neglect. Its 

 chief feature is a series of clipped yew-trees cut into all sorts of 

 curious shapes ; these trees are mostly of great age, and are of un- 

 usual height and girth, and have not only been well shaped from the 

 beginning, but have also been kept in the best of order. In the 

 grounds is a lake which is used for boating. Trimmed yew-trees 

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