THE SPRING GARDEN AT BELVOIR. 



THERE are interesting analogies between a delightful 

 holiday and a good dinner, between the refreshments 

 of the mind and the body. Both must be approached 

 with a keen appetite, and there is no appetite so 

 powerful in its appreciations as that which is produced 

 by work. Both should be enjoyed with companions 

 whose taste are congenial and whose friendship is 

 sincere. In both there should be some special 

 excellence as to the quality and the preparation of 

 the food. 



With these adjuncts, after anxious and continuous 

 labour with friends " whose hearts are of each other 

 sure," I went on the 18th of March, a bright and 

 balmy day, to see that which I believe to be at these 

 presents the most beautiful garden in all England ! 

 It has been my happy privilege to visit many a fair 

 ground and goodly heritage between the Border and 

 the Land's End ; I have admired in many a pleasant 

 plot those tasteful and skilful combinations of Nature 

 and art which are not to be found in other lands, 

 even where climate and scenery are far more favour- 



