326 A BOOK OF ENGLISH GARDENS 



Among the many trees in which this Garden 

 abounds (too many to mention), there is a Judas 

 tree, a very fine specimen, and being an old tree, it 

 fully shows its picturesque growth. It is trained 

 over the wall near the entrance to the Kitchen 

 Garden, from which point a series of gateways form 

 a delightful vista. 



At the right end of the house is another little 

 Formal Garden, laid out geometrically, with stone- 

 edged borders, also of Lord de Grey's designing, 

 being particularly arranged to make a pretty 

 pattern from Lady de Grey's boudoir windows. 

 Outside the railings that enclose the Gardens a 

 straight path runs (bordered on each side with cut 

 Portugal Laurel trees in boxes), as far as the 

 Fountain, which stands on the site of the old house 

 that was pulled down in 1830, and to which the 

 older Garden, with its mysterious Pools, Yew 

 hedges, and trees, seems more specially to belong. 



In front of the old house stood a marble Sundial, 

 placed there by Amabel, Countess of Kent, and to 

 this day it remains untouched. It is a refined piece 

 of workmanship, with an elaborate copper dial, 

 giving the solar time for different parts of the 

 world, and bears the date 1682. Several Latin 

 inscriptions, reminding the reader of the flight of 

 time, are to be found on it, and the arms of the 

 Kent, Crewe, and Lucas families appear on the 

 gnomon with the motto " Foy est Tout." 



