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at Old Place, Lingfield, is an interesting example. It owpiace, 



Lingfield. 



is not exactly a Tudor garden, though in perfect har- 

 mony with a well-restored Tudor manor-house. The 

 most conspicuous ornament of the pleasaunce is the 

 curious sun-dial shown in the illustration, a high col- 

 umn surmounted by a square block, on top of which a 

 pelican is feeding its young. The various parts of the 

 garden are well distributed in relation to the house, 

 and skilfully accented by topiary work and appropriate 

 architecture. 



The Elizabethan style has been frequently repro- Elizabethan 



rcproduc- 



duced, as in the gardens at Arley, at Camprey Ash tions. 

 and Muntham. In many ways it is most in accord- 

 ance with modern taste and worthy of imitation. 



The gardens at Brockenhurst are beautiful examples Brocken- 

 showing French influence. Nothing better can be 

 imagined than the treatment there of yew and holly 

 hedges, serving to enclose the gardens and to form a 

 background for the statuary and fountains. The green 

 courts are independent of flowers for their beauty, which 

 is retained throughout the year. One of these courts is 

 intended to serve for a bowling-green; here a curious 

 seat is placed at the base of a flowering tree. Several 

 pictures are included to furnish an idea of the good taste 

 evinced in the design of the archways and the position 

 and proportions of the alleys, statuary, and fountains. 



At Sedgwick Park, near Horsham, is a charming 



