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some kinds of Fuchsias are quite hardy plants and 

 will thrive without any care or trouble. Beyond this 

 hedge, through a meadow, runs the Dacre beck, 

 adding in no small measure to the delight of the 

 Garden by its rippling chant. 



On the left-hand side of the grass Terrace in front 

 of the house, a flight of steps leads into a Shrubbery, 

 and then into a little Rock Garden, filled with the 

 usual rock-living plants, such as Rockfoil (Saxi- 

 fraga), Purple Rock Cress (Aubrietia\ Campion 

 (Lychnis], and Stonecrop (Sedum). 



The old house at Hutton John stands in such 

 a commanding relation to the Garden that a little 

 of its history and that of its owners is distinctly 

 necessary to the complete appreciation of this 

 wonderful old place. 



In Edward 1 1 1. 's reign, " William de Hoten John 

 held this manor of Hoten John by the barony 

 of Greystock by homage and 2os. coinage," and 

 there is evidence among the original documents at 

 Hutton John of the existence of the De Hotens as 

 far back as 1282, while it may be presumed that 

 parts of the Pele tower are quite as old as the 

 thirteenth century. In fact, some people consider 

 it one of the oldest in the kingdom. The name 

 Hutton John originated most probably owing to 

 the family descending from a younger brother of 

 that name ; but who this John was is not actually 

 known. 



