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GARDENS OLD AND NEW. 



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A PEEP THROUGH THE TREES. 



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THE LOWER FLOWER LAWN. 



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A CAPTURED SPACE OF SKY. 



pillar supports at the angles. In 

 Italy the vine has been the trailer 

 used to cover these structures, aril 

 pergola signifies a variety of vine. 

 But pergolas, if they are new in 

 England, are also old. They were 

 akin at least to the "covert alley 

 upon carpenter's work," beloved of 

 Bacon, through which he would reach 

 other garden pleasures, not willing, 

 in the heat of the day or year, to 

 " buy the shade in the garden by 

 going in the sun through the green" 

 that delectable place which he 

 proposed with its two pleasures, " the 

 one because nothing is more pleasant 

 to the eye than green grass kept finely 

 shorn ; the other because it will give 

 you a fair alley, in the midst, by 

 which you may go in front upon a 

 stately hedge, that is to enclose the 

 garden." 



Our ancestors of that time, 

 seeking the welcome shade, would 

 sometimes make pergolas of their 

 own, even without suggestions from 

 sunny Italy, for the pergola sprang 

 from the needs of climate, as the 

 terrace from the necessities of 

 situation. 



The roses are very interesting 

 at Clifton Hall, and comprise many 

 choice varieties of the various groups 

 into which the rose family is divided. 

 It is very satisfactory to find how 

 largely the rose has been planted 

 of late years in many gardens. 

 At one time it was confined to 

 the rosery, and trained in the 

 most formal fashion, but since a 

 better gardening spirit has prevailed, 

 promoted doubtless by the acquisi- 

 tion of the many beautiful tea- 

 scented kinds, the rose has played a 

 proper part in the adornment of 

 most English gardens. By simple 

 grouping of distinct kinds, keeping 

 each apart, their full value is 

 won, and the tea-scented race 

 tlower bountifully until the late 

 autumn, even until winter in mild 

 years. 



The woodland surroundings are 

 delightful, and Clifton Grove, a fine 

 avenue of double rows of old elm trees, 

 on which Kirke White wrote a cele- 

 brated poem, extends from the Hall 

 to the village of Wilford, a distance 

 of nearly two miles. Clifton 

 Church, which is situated close to 

 the Hall (a private gate opening 

 from the front approach into the 

 churchyard), is of very ancient date, 

 the greater part of it being of the 

 twelfth century. 



On the gable at the west 

 end is a stone crucifix, one of the 

 very few remaining in England. It 

 is said to have escaped the hand of 

 the destroyer, owing to its having 

 been overgrown with ivy, in the 

 image-breaking time. The church 

 contains many fine and interesting 

 monuments and brasses to the 

 Clifton family, and its tower is an 

 interesting feature from the gardens. 



