greenery ; on the upper level swinging round in a half circle, in which 

 are cut arched niches. In each leafy niche is a bust of a Cssar in 

 marble on a tall term-shaped pedestal. Orange trees in tubs stand by 

 the sides of the Canal. This is the most ornate portion of the garden, 

 but its whole extent is designed with equal care. There is a wide 

 bowling-green for quiet play ; turf walks within walls of living green ; 

 everywhere that feeling of repose and ease of mind and satisfaction that 

 comes of good balance and proportion. It shows the classical sentiment 

 thoroughly assimilated, and a judicious interpretation of it brought forth 

 in a form not only possible but eminently successful, as a garden of Italy 

 translated into the soil of one of our Southern Counties. 



Whether or not it is in itself the kind of gardening best suited for 

 England may be open to doubt, but at least it is the work of a man who 

 knew what he wanted and did it as well as it could possibly be done. 

 Throughout it bears evidence of the work of a master. There is no 

 doubt, no ambiguity as to what is intended. The strong will orders, the 

 docile stone and vegetation obey. It is full-dress gardening, stately, 

 princely, full of dignity ; gardening that has the courtly sentiment. It 

 seems to demand that the actual working of it should be kept out of sight. 

 Whereas in a homely garden it is pleasant to see people at work, and 

 their tools and implements ready to their hands, here there must be no 

 visible intrusion of wheelbarrow or shirt-sleeved labour. 



Possibly the sentiment of a garden for state alone was the more 

 gratifying to its owner because of the near neighbourhood of miles upon 

 miles of wild, free forest ; land of the same character being inclosed 

 within the property ; the tall trees showing above the outer hedges and 

 playing to the lightest airs of wind in an almost strange contrast to the 

 inflexible green boundaries of the ordered garden. 



The danger that awaits such a garden, now just coming to its early 

 prime, is that the careful hand should be relaxed. It is an heritage that 

 carries with it much responsibility ; moreover, it would be ruined by 

 the addition of any commonplace gardening. Winter and summer it is 

 nearly complete in itself ; only in summer flowers show as brilliant 

 jewels in its marble vases and in its one restricted parterre of box-edged 

 beds. 



