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red loam) and is to be seen everywhere in this 

 Garden in perfect beauty. The old crimson Clove 

 Carnation which now can be procured in many 

 shades, should be seen in every Garden, being a 

 most necessary flower, grown in groups or masses 

 arranged with other well-chosen blooms. 



Great character is given to the Garden at Hutton 

 John by the arrangement of the Terrace, which, 

 though simple, carries with it charm and dignity. 

 Whoever designed this Terrace can claim to have 

 realised the exact note of colour and the correct 

 Garden feature required by the old house. Raised 

 somewhat from the Lawn beneath by a low Terrace 

 wall, is the wide grass Terrace on which are planted, 

 equidistant, six fantastically shaped Yew trees. 

 Huge, solemn, and severe they stand, their dark 

 green foliage contrasting deliciously with the cold 

 grey background of the old house behind. 



These Yews are such a marvellously impressive 

 sight in their severe beauty, that even Pope, that 

 railer against Garden extravagancies, would have 

 had to acknowledge them the exception which 

 proved the rule. 



The age of these beautiful trees is said to be 

 three hundred years, and they are named " Queen 

 Elizabeth's Maids of Honour." The lovely view of 

 the Ullswater hills, seen in the distance, greatly 

 adds to the charm of the Terrace. 



This steep ridge of hills is called the "High 



