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THE BROAD WALK. 



Twin/. 



I In- pjrk IN tnily magnificent, and an entrancing view is 

 revealed from UK? tvrrace. The wide valley of the Mimram 

 opens out beneath tlie range of lulls that give the place UN 

 ni"st conspicu'i is character, and the stream widens Mow into 

 a lake, which reflects its glorious surroundings. The landscape 

 is beautifully wooded, and the oak, beech, bpanish chestnut, 

 ; :id lime prevail. An island in the lake is .1 

 delightful resort, threaded by l"tpatns amid its growth of 

 shrubs and trees, where nodding dahVHs and sweet primroses 

 give their glory to the spring. A romantic view of the vail -y 

 is disclosed trom it, and the 

 babbling river may be. traced 

 from where it issues from 

 behind the WIKK! to its lower 

 course am<i:ig the Ion 

 of the meadow N. 



The extraordinarily beau- 

 tiful woodland derives a good 

 deal of its character from the 

 care with which planting has 

 been conducted, and the 

 healthy growth that results 

 from attention devoted to the 

 work of thinning. The oaks 

 are splendid, and of the conifer 

 tribe the deodars and the 

 cedar of Lebanon are con- 

 spicuous, with th stiffer 

 Wellington!.! gigantea and the 

 Chili pine (Araucaria imbri- 

 cata). But the priJe of the 

 park is certainly the " Pan- 

 shanger Oak." which for two 

 centuries r more has been 

 famous, though now show in;; 

 s one signs of being past 

 prime. Tin- trie stands on a 

 broad lawn a little to the west 

 of the house, and was described 

 by Arthur Young in 1709 as 

 the "Great Oak," and in 



I7i<; was estimated to contain 515 cubic feet f timber. A 

 mcasurem -nt made in 180; gave ~>ft iiil'ic tret, and eui-llent 

 Strutt, who hv \l IMI sniiie tune at tue interesting \'ill.ige nf 

 Tew in near by, and loved the tiee. which he etched in his 

 great "S\l\a Br tannica " (lV)). his nv.ich to sa> aNmt it. 

 At the piesent tune the di:nens|ons ot the trunk are jolt. 4111. 

 at sft. from the ground. The charm oi the tree. IMW . 

 resides not s,. much in its SJA- as in its superb torm. 1 

 trunk rises unbroken for a height of about utt., and then the 

 giant boughs sweep oat on every side, forming a circle io:n d>. 



THE SOUTH FRONT. 





