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laying out the Garden. In September the diarist 

 notes : " I accompanied Mr. Howard to his villa at 

 Albury where I designed for him the plot for his 

 canall and Garden, with a crypt thro' the hill." 

 And in 1670 : " To Alburie to see how the Garden 

 proceeded, which I found exactly don to the designe 

 and plot, I had made with the crypta thro' the 

 mauntaine in the park, 30 perches in length. Such 

 a Pausillippe is no where in England besides. The 

 canal now digging and the vineyard planted." 

 It is pleasant to think that little of the "designe 

 and plot " has been changed. 



The long, green Terraces are flanked by wide 

 Herbaceous Borders, which in summer glow with 

 white Clematis, sweet-scented Roses, Crimson 

 Ramblers, and delicate pink Moss buds. Gay 

 Poppies, red and yellow, Foxglove with its velvet 

 leaves, pale mauve Iris, and the commoner stately 

 Purple Flags, Delphiniums pale and dark blue, 

 straight pointing to the sky, and Peonies bent 

 earthwards, are also to be found there. 



Full of scent, colour, and song are these beautiful 

 Terraces, for in this happy Garden birds many rare 

 ones, such as golden oriels, among the number 

 enjoy such complete liberty that they gladly 

 make their homes here in the trees. On the red- 

 brick walls, designed by Evelyn, on which these 

 Terraces are raised, wall Creepers grow in tangled 

 masses, and Lavender bushes in wild profusion 



