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GARDENS OLD AND NEW. 



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HEVER CASTLE AND THE LILY-DECKED MOAT. 



by such methods as Evelyn himself describes. There were 

 leafy bowers ;ir,J long alleys, with pyramid yews, perhaps, in 

 his pleasaunce, and a rich orchard beyond. It was a place 

 like Leonato's warden, where Hero and Ursula walked beneath 

 the apple trees, while Beatrice stole 



" Into the pleachi-d bower, 

 When- honeysuckles ripened by tile sun, 

 Forbid the sun to enter; like favourites. 

 Mail proud liy princes, that advance their pride 

 Agai ist that power that bred it." 



Fine terraces of excellent masonry, with ascents, perhaps, 



of many steps, adorned with 

 auaint statuary good garden 

 architecture, in a word 

 c o m b i n e d with quaint 

 " clipped greens," were in 

 this pleasaunce. There 

 was little exaggeration in 

 such a garden, and it was 

 not until later that Pope could 

 laugh at the fantastic things 

 that awoke his ridicule. He 

 knew an eminent cook who 

 had beautified his country 

 seat with a coronation dinner 

 in greens, where the champion 

 on horseback was flourishing 

 at one end of the table, and 

 the queen at the other. 

 Sarcasm kills much, and 

 though we may laugh with 

 Pope, it is to be feared that 

 his satire was not without an 

 ill effect. " Adam and Eve 

 in yew ; Adam a little 

 shattered by the fall of the 

 tree of knowledge in the 

 great storm ; Eve and the 

 serpent very flourishing. 

 Noah's Ark in holly, the ribs 

 a little damaged for the want 

 of water. The Tower of Babel not yet finished. St. George, in 

 box ; his arm scarce long enough, but will be in a condition to 

 stick the dragon by next April. An old maid-of-honour, in 

 wormwood." Excellent fooling, indeed ! 



But, at the same time, let us remember that formal quaint- 

 ness, sometimes tending to exaggeration, was the delight of 

 our more cultured ancestors, and of the famous men of England 

 and the Continent. It was found at Penshurst and Moor Park, 

 at Hampton Court and Levens, just as at Versailles and St. 

 Cloud, and at the Ludovisi, Medici, Doria Pamphili, and other 



" Country Life." 



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THii MOON AND CkESOHNr LAKES AT STUULliY ROYAL. 



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