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GARDENS OLD AND NEW. 



delightful place wherein 

 to pass a long evening 

 of summer enjoying the 

 ancient game; and such 

 a place, be it noted, as 

 is within the compass 

 of many to imitate in 

 gardens of their o\vn. 

 Then this garden at 

 Brickwall is another such 

 place as Leonato and 

 Benedick might have 

 walked in, that plea- 

 saunce where the gal- 

 lantry of men and the wit 

 of women are presented 

 in a manner so masterly 

 upon the wonderful 

 stage where Hero and 

 Ursula lingered in the 

 pleached alley talking 

 of Benedick, and where 

 was " little Cupid's 

 catty arrow made." 

 You go down from 

 the house at Brickwall 

 with its green 

 vesture of climbers, 

 which e!o not hide it s 

 b e a u t y b e n e a t h a 

 curious arch of brick, 

 and through that strange 

 and picturesque laby- 

 rinth of conical yews, 

 by the old sundial, 

 to the bowling green, 

 and beyond it to another 

 world of yew and oak. 

 It is a garden realm of 

 a n c lent and curious 



Copyngnt. 



THE BEECH WALK. 



'Country Lije." 



aspect all quaint and 

 o r d e r 1 y , w ith the 

 fascination that must 

 always belong to the 

 p laces w h e r e past 

 generations have found 

 their pleasure. In the 

 shape given to the yews 

 a special character will 

 be found. You may 

 linger in the beautiful 

 and r .'tired beech walk, 

 where the well-cut trees 

 make a sequestered 

 shade, or you may sit 

 in that enclosure of yew 

 by the old fish-pond in 

 the sun. But, wherever 

 you go at old Brickwall 

 you will find the subtle 

 charm that belongs to 

 all such places, a charm 

 that is indefinable and 

 cannot well be described, 

 but that all can feel, and 

 that the pictures in a 

 large measure convey. 

 There are flowers 

 also in prodigal | lenty, 

 as need scarcely be 

 said ; but, after all, the 

 great distinction of this 

 place is to te found in 

 its old-world character, 

 which, it m ay be 

 remarked, accords well 

 with the timber struc- 

 ture, the mullioned 

 windows, and the fretted 

 'Chimneys of the abode. 



Copyright. 



" Country Life.' 



THE HOUSE AND THE FJSH'POND. 



