74 A BOOK OF ENGLISH GARDENS 



The Lime Walk (which is over a quarter of a mill 

 in length) rivals similar walks at Oxford and Cam 

 bridge, and is considered by many people to be th< 

 finest in England. It is difficult to decide at whicl 

 time of the year the Lime Walk looks its best ii 

 Spring, when the trees are a mass of fresh buddinj 

 green leaves, or in the late Autumn, when they an 

 tinged with the palest yellow. A distant bu 

 charming view of the house can be seen down th< 

 full length of the Lime Avenue. 



In another part of the Garden there is a handsomi 

 Herbaceous Border, with the artistic backgroun< 

 of tall Yew trees and various shrubs, the dark an< 

 light foliage intensifying the brilliant colour of th< 

 flowers. From the other side of this border tli 

 Lawn slopes down to the Park, which in the earl; 

 part of the year is a flowery mass of spring bulbs 

 It was in this Park that Henry VIII. hunted 

 and had the deer driven so that he and Am 

 Boleyn might shoot them with arrows as the] 

 passed. 



" Mademoiselle Ann," as the people called her 

 prim-lipped and pale, had a fleeting, fatal fascinatioi 

 for all who first saw her. Without mercy sh< 

 ousted the proud Katherine from her throne onl] 

 to meet in her turn with an even more tragic fate. 



The Manor of Ampthill in very early day 

 belonged to the family of Albini, from whom i 

 passed through the female line (as in so man] 



