flower vases. Tubs of Agapanthus stand on the projections by the side 

 of the piers that flank the small fountain basin, whose overflow falls 

 into the pool. 



All this portion of the garden has a background of yew hedges 

 inclosing large trees. From this pool the ground rises to another ; also 

 of rectangular form, but with an arm to the right, in the line of the cross 

 axis, forming a T-shape. Between the two, on a path always rising 

 by occasional flights of steps, is a summer-house. The path swings 

 round it in a circle. To right and left are flower-beds and roses ; 

 outside these, also on a curved line, are ranged a series of gracefully 

 sculptured amorini, bearing aloft vases of flowers. 



The path soon reaches the upper pool, again passing all round it. 

 At the point furthest to the right, at the end of the projecting arm, and 

 looking along the cross axis to where, beyond the pool, the ground 

 again rises, is a handsome wall fountain, with steps to right and left, 

 inclosed by panelled walls. All this garden of pool and fountain, easy 

 way of step and gravel, and ornament of flower and sculpture, is bounded 

 by the massive walls of yew, and all beyond is sheltering quietude of 

 ancient trees. From several points around the highest pool, as well as 

 from the rising lawns to right and left of the theatre, straight grass- 

 edged paths, bordered by clipped hornbeam, lead through the heavily 

 wooded ground. From distant points the main walks converge ; and here, 

 in a circular green-walled court, stands a tall pedestal bearing a handsome 

 stone vase. The prospects down the alleys are variously ended ; some 

 by pillared temples set in green niches, some by the open park-landscape ; 

 some by further depths of woodland. It is all easy and gracious, but full 

 of dignity — courtly — palatial; bringing to mind the stately bearing and 

 refined courtesy of manner of our ancestors of two centuries ago. It is 

 good to know that some of these gardens and disciplined woodlands still 

 exist in our own land and in France; these quiet bosquets de 'verdure oi 

 those tar-away days. Though the scale on which they were planned is only 

 suitable for the largest houses and for wealthy owners who can command 

 lavish employment of labour, yet we cannot but admire the genius of those 

 garden artists of France wlio designed so boldly and yet so gracefully, and 

 who have left us such admirable records of their abounding ability. 



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