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distance, perfectly level. The parterre is sunk below 

 the castle and engirdled by terraces. It is well laid 



out in the formal Italian 

 style, partly bedded out and 

 partly planted with hardy 

 annuals and perennials. 

 The architectural features 

 are charming. A figure 

 under a canopy supported 

 by four columns, near 

 the end of the main path, 

 is especially interesting. 

 The vases surrounded by 





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flint pavement in the centre of each section of the 

 parterre and the terminal figures around the semi- 

 circle are also well placed and well designed. In gen- 

 eral effect the parterre 

 is formal without being 

 too stiff or monotonous 

 for juxtaposition with the 

 castle. 



Other so-called Italian 

 gardens are numerous 

 in England, but few are 



PERGOLA AT LONGFORD CASTLE 



worthy of the name. Marble statues and geometrical 

 designs bedded out with geraniums and other showy 

 plants form but a travesty of the real villa gardens. 



