iniK.h ii- in 





At length <.' 

 mt< 



" H. \' 

 I' v 



Ins brother John V 

 at Haddon. "hath bin 



!ry tymes m hand with 

 him for In- but he 



-.vill now a is jgr. .ept 



her"; and again, "Your 



st I: fie i- M '. v well. sa\ le 

 th it he is more stmite agenst 



than ever he was." 

 I here is m> ci-rt.iinU 



::ie hand that designed 



Hidwick, but it has been 



I that the houe was 



v\irk possibly of Gerard 

 Christmas, or Thorp, or one 

 of the Smithsons, though 

 r.d ubtthe characl. r of the 

 f lace was dictated by " h 

 of Hardw ick." What manner 

 of gardens surrounded the 

 mansion in her time we 

 only surmise. There weie 

 'doubt'ess the yew alleys and 

 other features of the p ri>d ; 



and the ure.it t'>recourt. with the characteristic u-" t-ll " lis<> 

 and the pinnacled wall, st.ll remains to give distinction 

 of character. But we shall probably K- right if we 

 surmise that the lady who s<> completely rejected much 

 that was characteristic in the d"mestic buildings of her 

 ancestors did not greatly cherish that spirit of enclosure 

 which often ruled in the gardens of the period. Her 

 \vind-A\s, giving a suj'erb view over the country, seem t > 



r L- t-" 



THE 



V, \l K. 



su^^est that tlu-re wmil.l be somethiiv.' new also in tne 

 character <>\ the vn rounding. 



The gardens have underline many changes, but they still 

 retain a ^nod deal "I qu.iiutess and individuality', and the stone 

 walls with their omamt-t t.il cresting brin^ the spirit of tli 

 mansion into them. The line U-.iden li-.irc-s which fall 

 admirably into the picture ar<- ol a later date. .1:1. 1 ivt even 

 at Melbourne in the same county do.'s liner garden lead.' 









"Catnl'r Lt/i~ 



IHt FORfcCULHr. 



