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GARDENS OLD AKD NEW. 



Lofyriglit 



A WOODLAND GARDEN. 



' Country L ift.' 



a charm as belongs to ancestral trees. Tandem fitsurcvlus arbor. 

 Our saplings may be long before they burgeon into a grove. 

 But meanwhile there is much to be done in forming suitable 

 terraces, narrow on the steep hillside, broad and flower- 

 gemmed on tl,e gentle slopes, as at Renishaw. Let there be 

 well-built walls, hospitable to climbing growths, sheltering 

 flower borders like thes_ j . Open out some pleasant prospects, 

 viewed, if it may be, through excellent ironwork such as we 



see at the terrace end at Renishaw. Construct basins 

 where lilies may float, or where your garden creations 

 may be doubled, or in which a patch of sky shall be 

 brought into your foreground. AcLi the enforcing features 

 of balls or pinnacles along your terrace walls, or at the 

 flanks of your well-built stairways. These are some of 

 the p,>ints that are suggested by a survey of the simple 

 and effective gardens of Renishaw Hall. 



THE DOVECOTE AND SUNDIAU. 



"Coun'.ry Lift," 



