64 A BOOK OF ENGLISH GARDENS 



those who know, is greatly indebted to Evelyn for 

 many beautiful trees, and if this is the case no 

 doubt Albury Park owes its glorious trees to the 

 same hand. 



At the top of the hill in the Park runs an ancient 

 path, worn by the feet of many pilgrims on their 

 way from the city of Winchester to Canterbury, 

 and the memory of their journeys to and fro still 

 clings to it, as it is always known by the name of 

 " The Pilgrim's Way." 



To return to the grass Terraces with their flowers, 

 brick walls, fountain, and crypta in all of which 

 lies the charm of Evelyn's work. 



Each Terrace has its special feature ; the upper 

 one, the water-basin, fountain, and strange sub- 

 terranean passage through the hill ; while to the 

 lower belongs the beauty of a very fine Yew-tree 

 hedge extending the whole length of the Terrace 

 (which is much wider than the upper one) the 

 hedge serving as a screen to shut off the kitchen 

 Garden. Here, too, the old brick wall is a mass 

 of sweet-smelling Roses, Lavender bushes, and 

 Ilex trees leaning down over it from the Terrace 

 above. 



Evelyn claims to have been the first to make use 

 of Yews for hedges in fact, to be the first to bring 

 them into fashion ; he may well lay claim to any- 

 thing to do with Gardens and their love, as there 

 was little he did not know himself or learn from 



