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GAKDhNS OLD AND NhlV. 



Copyright. 



" Country Life' 



THE GEM OF JACOBEAN ARCHITECTURE. 



year. Here the terrace wall is covered with peach trees 



perfectly trained and in full vigour, and against the lower 



terrace walls are several noble pear trees hori/ontally trained. 



The borders by the lower terrace walls are filled, like 



the others, with hardy flowers, their brilliant colour in the 



summer-time relieved by standard and other roses. The walls 



themselves are architecturally beautiful, and enriched with the 



addition of vases excellently carved in stone. On the lowest 



lawn is a tine 



specimen of the 



y e w , and in 



the belt of 



surrounding 



shrubs many 



choice kinds of 



conifers have 



been recently 



planted. Along 



the :-ide of this 



lawn, next to the 



terrace, stands a 



row of beaut it ul 



Irish yews, and, 



near adjoining, 



there is a snia I 



orchard and Iruit 



garden, laid <;i.t 



in squares, 



planted with 



standard trees, 



and surrounded 



* \ th applt-s, 



pears, and other I RUM 







fruits on wire trellis. The whole character is made quainter 

 still by these squares being edged with box, in the bygone 

 manner now revived. On the right hand of the Hall is the 

 slope garden, where are standard apples, plums, etc., and trees 

 trained on trellises, whilst the squares and borders are used 

 for the growth of flowers and vegetables. Leaving this slope 

 garden, we come to a Dutch garden, laid out on the site of an 

 old factory, and only recently completed. It is not often that 



we see, in these 

 days, such a 

 quaint feature 

 created. There 

 are vineries, 

 peach, orchid, 

 and other plant- 

 houses in these 

 wonderful 1 y 

 compact gar- 

 dens, which may 

 be classed 

 amongs' the most 

 interesting of 

 their kind in 

 England, and 

 show what in- 

 telligent and lov- 

 ing care can ac- 

 complish, where 

 casual interest 

 and indifferent 

 attention would 

 have achieved 

 THE EAST. "CvrtvW v , rylitt , e . 



