66 A BOOK OF ENGLISH GARDENS 



south and sheltered from harsh winds, that many 

 plants and ferns can be grown with ease, such as 

 Azaleas and the Osmunda Fern ; the latter flourishes 

 regally, there hardly being finer specimens to be 

 seen, even in Ireland, so famous for the graceful 

 grandeur of this fern. It is a case of walking up 

 and up to reach the kitchen Gardens and Orchards, 

 each distinct by itself, enclosed within hedges (in 

 which these Gardens greatly excel), the Gardens 

 being cut into squares by the short gravel walks, 



After passing these Gardens the magnificenl 

 Yew hedge is reached, and from under its dark 

 arch of green what a beautiful sight meets the eye ! 

 No wonder Cobbett called these green Terraces "the 

 most beautiful thing" he had ever seen "in the 

 Gardening way" being "a quarter of a mile long 

 and between thirty and forty feet wide," and " oi 

 the greenest sward, as level as a die." Evelyr 

 evidently did not think the pretty windings of the 

 Tillingbourne stream sufficient water for his scheme 

 of design, hence he notes " the canall was now 

 digging " which canal still remains with a little 

 rustic bridge across it ; but it is too close to the 

 clear running Tillingbourne stream for the arrange 

 ment to be a happy one, and there can be little 

 doubt that it is not quite as he intended. 



The Bath house, a brick building which is sunl^ 

 several feet below the level of the ground, ha< 

 a brick floor and alcoved walls similar to the wal 



