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! \\.iti-- 



flourish. 



vx hile tl'xxets g itl.tnJ the 



ills ,,t til 



. xxeil 

 till- ill. 



.uelii. 



climbing pl;int> h. i* 



d th< in t-> 



tl . xx.iTs that 



\\ ith- 



!io\xe\er. in any 



lllllg till' 



slniitiir.il char. i,.; 

 JuU-v.tur.il ,.! 



11 in t t" 

 x i- 1 looked. .111 J 



tin- fin \v c r in asses 

 t>tm a charming contrast 

 t.i till- ruh tin: 

 xx alls anJ ht\!. 



H .xv delightful i< 

 this xxall gardening. 

 \\ ith, maybe, an 

 rhituim. to.iJila \ . <T 

 sa. \itra.;e t st.iNMu-d in 

 tin- mossy ill ilk s, 

 ma kinj; tufts of l-i 

 in thf summer months. 

 Much of tin- beauty ot 

 an i. IJ xxall is due t < 

 the plants eiicouriged 

 tn send their n>ots i; 

 the chinks aid form 



.lens of precious growth. pvrpi-tu.its.-J by 

 scattering of seed irurn \ i-ar t year. 



niii;! ilr.ivxs in. A 



dt li^llttlll Il-M,lt tlllix IN 



this tor tin- pV.is.int old 



on. with thv thrush 



in tin- tti-e t tin- 

 c.ill n^ li'in the 

 and \xiili such a 

 ti> rrturil to 

 tlic play >> i'V r. Wh.it 

 a xxoiid-.-iliil 



hill, 



t hi 



.in I 



aMt. 



sun- 



xx ith 





A VIEV. THROUGH THE GATEWAY. 



Count' 



the natural 



tin- kitchen y.n l<-ii as \\ i 

 look .ICIONS i.i tin- st.i! 

 Mi-re the spuii o| quaint- 



llc-s is 



in the old timber ;.i - 

 the hiuh-pitcheJ ro' 

 i I U N t e ii n g i \ x'. 

 grey "Id xx.ills, 

 the bell-cot lilted 

 ( iladdenej x\:tll 

 l:ght. and Billed 

 shaduxv, rare in the ii"ti- 

 "I melloxx colour, and 

 xx ith the bnjit edgin.' 

 it x.i\i!ra,je .in.l tin- 

 rough stmie margin in 

 the ton-gio'ind, tins is a 

 sivne di-.ir to the artist. 

 'III.- pi. i.e. IlloreoX-er. 

 offr:^ .1 p.il.,t study 

 oi the tn-i- and liiMin.int 

 gat dening appiopn.ite 

 to such an abode. 

 the valley, xvhence the 

 a puiling brook that t< ,1 



Then, again, xxe I'Mik up 

 xvater descends to the lloloxv, 

 the old stew-ponds xxheie lish \x< i. latteiii ,1 toi the tal-lr 

 and the moat; t"i tins, as \xe h.ive s.ud. is no -t.i^n.int 

 xvater. but a captured expanse of it, that xx.ish.-s the IMS.- 

 ot the ancier.t xx.ills. ret;r-lu-.l l>\ the |-|e.i-ant K. nti-h 

 steam, xxhich then p.isst's onxxard rejoicing, xxith deep and 

 slialloxx, from its visit to the quaint old place, t'> other 

 charming scenes beyond. There seems t > be no jarring 

 note here, and Ightham is a place \\here tin- sxxeetness 

 of tlie garden and th.- country reign-.. 





THE EYTPANCE TO THE DIMNG-HALL. 



And the parJeii* tinirs t |xes ate xerx leauMul. xxith 

 man;. .tnd shad> ntTeat. xxith a pugola under 



which it is dili-htful to linger, for the ttagraiue and Nrautx : 

 the mas- huh f mh.-.vi r tie [lace, xxith grassy 



paths and edgiiv. n which 



lilies and many otl.it splendid --!en loutish. 



with no: adorning the landscape, and casting their 



Icr.gthening shadoxvs across the sunny boxvlin^ ^teeii as the 





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