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some weeks, and the King took his daily morning 

 walk there. 



The prettiest entrance to the Dutch Garden 

 the Garden of "our grandmothers, the Chloes 

 and Delias of the i8th century," as Leigh Hunt 

 calls it is close to the House, from where an un- 

 interrupted view of the whole Garden can be seen, 

 including the little Dahlia plot lying at the end of 

 it, shut in by its high hedges. This Dutch Garden 

 is delightfully set out, the geometrical Parterres 

 of black earth, edged with closely-clipped Box, are 

 intersected by narrow Gravel Paths converging 

 diagonally towards two Fountains and an Armillary 

 Sphere, which are placed in a line, some distance 

 apart, in the centre of the Garden. Perhaps, to 

 get the full charm of the design, it should be looked 

 at from a height, when it is seen to cover the ground 

 like a gorgeous carpet, an intricate blaze of colour 

 framed in an edging of dull green Box. This view 

 is made quite possible by walking along the Terrace 

 running from the south front of the House to the 

 flat roof of the ballroom. 



This Terrace lies on the south side, and helps 

 with the House on the east, a long brick wall on the 

 north, and the stable arcading on the west to 

 enclose the Garden. Its being thus entirely en- 

 circled greatly adds to its beauty and emphasises 

 the fact that it is a Garden within a Garden. At 

 its foot, enclosed within prim Privet and Yew 



