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GARDENS 2SS 



QLD^fJ^yyf THE SEAT OP HIS GRACE 



The Duke of Devonshire, 



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-AHATSWORTH 



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maiM'l a- a splendid 

 ion in the great st\ le ot 

 jardenage. and a contrast to many a U stately domain. 

 We may like better, perhaps, the scented path where 

 lime trees shed their leaves upon some mossy Urracv. 

 Of to linger in sequestered alleys wh re the antique dial 

 n companion t- the ancient yew, or in ->me flagrant 

 wilderness with - garlanded; but, whatever be the 



garden of our choice, we cann t Kit u that 



England would be poour if it had no Chat-worth f it- 

 own. We m.i) -ee "live agiiii how wide i- the world of 

 gardening that can contain charactf- so diverse, that can 

 give us the simple wayside garden ot the rustic Cottage, and 

 that ca:i pos-e-s places like Chatsworth loi its crown. This, 

 indeed, i- a peat, spaci >u-, stately, and trul\- ducal domain, 

 with a garden comparable in its kind to any ot the -plendid 

 gardens of the world, and it i- a g irden, moreo\er, in tlie 

 pleasure- of which, through the g<xid will of the Duke of 

 Devonshire, manv are freely permitted to -hare. The 



vtuat'on i- Mi|vrb, tor here the 

 l)erMellt Mows K-tvM-en gentle me.i.l- 

 Ivloxed o| the tallow deer, while the 

 lulls lise on either hand in varied 

 height and contour, crowned with a rich woodl.m' 



ihestnut, Ivein. and lime to enframe the palatial 

 house, wlierem ver\ .itt lind- titling i\|!.--ion, and 

 where the fruits of learning are plentemj-ly upsti-red. 



H.i\ing -aid this much, then- .ni-<-- the diftuul: 

 choosing how to enter upon tin- gieat subject, and how to 

 treat of it within a limited -pave, for it w-m'd Iv a vmple 

 matt-.-r to write a volume u|xm the lu-toty ot the Iv.u-e and 

 tile many r.ue and splendid thing- within it- wall-, and another 

 upon what technical horticultuii-ts c.rl the "lay out" of 

 the ground- and garden- and the gla-shou-i-s. whn.li ate the 

 most complete example of the geniu-, (vrti.t m it- Kind 

 although it may not commend it-elf to all ta-te- "I Sir 



;h 1'axton. It was here that this, the most highly 

 honoured t the gardeners of hi- day who had eiiteied the 

 seivice of the then l)ake a- a gardener at CJuswick, who 

 afterwards K>a:ne a Member of Parliament, architect : the 



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