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GARDENS OLD AND NEW. 



THE GARDEN APPROACH. 



' Country Life.' 



enclosure. In another eight years, cr less, 

 yew should be as high and as dense 

 needed, and tlu stone has doubtless 



banish the glazed pots on the balustrade in favour of 



gcod leaden vases with covers for winter. It is interesting 



to see what eight years' growth will do where things 



are sheltered by 



the hedges of 



as will ever be 



long since taken 



the soft lavender 



lichens that its 



surface affects 



and that painters 



delight in. 



The old 

 dovecote in the 

 paddock by the 

 stream is of 

 interest, and is 

 a garden feature 

 also, retaining 

 the revolving 

 ladder hung 

 from a massive 

 post in the 

 centre that 

 helped the col- 

 lection of sqmb 

 pigeons from tha 

 myriad nesting- 

 places with 

 which the in- 

 terior is lined, 

 and that does o 

 still. But in 

 speaking of Co ,,, ,,.,..,. 

 Cleeve Prior, THE NORTH 



we have spoken of dovecotes as garden features, and we 

 need not further elaborate the matter. They are very 

 effective points, like garden-houses and sundials, to be used 

 well by the discriminating hand of Art. What we discover at 

 Athelhampton is that the ha> d of Art has worked most excel- 

 lently both in past times and in these. It is most gratify! g to 



deal with such a 

 place, because, 

 like same others 

 we might name, 

 Athelhampton is 

 an example of 

 a house regene- 

 r a ted. Li k e 

 (jie.it Tang'ey, 

 to name but one, 

 it has been 

 recovered from 

 t h r e a t e n i n g 

 decay, and it 

 stands amid its 

 pleasant gardens 

 and woods in the 

 picturesque land 

 of Dorsetshire, 

 a fine and cha- 

 racteristic illus- 

 tration of what 

 ripe judgment 

 <i nd imagination 

 together can 

 make <>\ a good 

 old H n g 1 i s h 

 dwelling and its 

 PAVILION. surroundings. 



"Ciiuntry Life." 



