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All through the l.inj there 



.iks u hi, li sprang from 



(his patriotic ideal, and 



therefore .1- .1 part ,.| 



:'-e o.ik to the 



! h-.hm.in. 



I 'arms of a \\.ilk 



through tin- par .!, us 



I I'.ihsh.H, , r .in- many 

 ind. i 



lul liar , ;. \\mkin;: in 



thi .r, . has Juno 



tl unobtrusive work. Look, 



tor e\am|le. :it tin- green 



lawns, with their er closing 



. .n:J .it tin- delightful 



\ ;-t.i opi !; ,-d ...it fmm the 



K auliful broad walk. It is 



-.int thru to stroll to 



:>"t that 



Ir-im which the poet surveyed 

 tin- sylvan scene. Kit .1 !. 

 modern success r at the same 

 pta 



The p.H t \\a- .1 nephew 



of the Lord Chancel!, r, and 



: liu- > mple dflijihts of 



P.m-han^er. In I7<x;lic wiol? 



Cowpt-r: "If the Major make up a sm.ill packet 

 cf M.-eds that will make a figure in a garden where we have 



r fft ,, f ki 



THE BOX GARDEN. 



htt'e besides jessamine and honeysuckle, such a packet as 

 one may put in one's t,,b, | w jj| promise to take care ot 

 them, as I ou-ht to value natives of the 

 park." 



Cowper loved his garden well, and the 

 woodland and orchard not less. Perhaps 

 lie was thinking of the care bestowed at 

 Panshanger when he wrote, with practical 

 knowledge and poetic force, of the " sell- 

 sequester'd man" : 



" I'ron.l of hit w.-ll-sj.n-a.l walls, hi- views h,s 



trees. 



Tlml inert, no li.irrrn interval IM-IWI . n. 

 With ].|, asure more limn e'en llirir fruits ntTor.l. 

 Wlii.h s.iv, hints- If uhn train* tli.-in. n..,. 



IV. I. 



Tiles,-, then for.-, are his wn [M-i-nliiir < li 

 No meaner han.l may .hs, iplni.- the S!I,M,!.. 

 Noi:e Imt hit utecl approach them. What is 



weak, 



Iis'i-ni]M-r'>l. <>r lias lost j.r.ililir jMiH-'n. 

 ImiMir'.l I iy nyr. hi* n in lentini; han.l 



-;s to tlu- knife: nor <lix- In- Kparr the 



oft 



An. I siicrtileiit. th.it f. <-.K its x'iont 

 Hut harreii. nt th' exprtnte of 





A CORNER OF THE SUNKEN GARDEN. 



1. ss ..s-.-ntntiom. nil. I yi-t stn.l.lr-l thick 

 With ho]H-ful z n: 



A little to the east of Cow j '. is 



a delijihtful region, where the hawthorn 

 ssoms in the spring, and in the park t > 

 the south is a line avenue of elms and HID 

 But it would be difficult to e.xh.iust the 

 inti t Panshanger. One nouNc 



feature is a magnificent Beaumontia yrandi- 

 fl'ira supi-rha. for which the place is famous, 

 sh is glorious flowers having b< 



shown often before the Royal Horticultural 

 Suci-ty. 



Lastly, it is interesting to note and 

 on many estates the same thing might tv 

 done that the river Mimram is "harnessed" 

 for the useful work of pumping up w.r 

 to the mansion and the fruit and kitchen 

 gardens. 



N iture is doing her own work directed 

 by the hand of man, and this is but an 

 extension of the essence of all good gardens 



:n every point of view, therefore, is 

 Pansh.mger a place to be admired. 



