284 A BOOK OP ENGLISH GARDENS 



Walking down this Terrace, past where the old 

 Bowling Green was, looking across the green paths 

 to the Park, the old plan of the Garden is clearly 

 discernible. At the end of the Lawn the Rose 

 Pergola is again reached, and strikes the spectator 

 freshly with the excellence of its position. 



At Knole, as at few places, is seen most clearly 

 the value of the old idea of the Gardens being 

 placed at the side of a great House, standing in the 

 midst of a magnificent Park. 



Beautiful as some Gardens may be, they are 

 always dominated by the house they lie near. Such 

 is the case with the Gardens at Knole : they are 

 overshadowed by the glory of the old House by 

 their side. Their green beauties of grass Walks 

 and Lawns only touch the austere magnificence of 

 the great House with a softer charm a charm greatly 

 intensified by the Gardens being encircled by walls 

 and lying like an oasis in the splendid Park. 



