GARDENS OLD AND 



has been the 

 gift of modern 

 times, bright- 

 ness is mingled 

 with their quaint 

 old garden 

 imagery. Then, 

 away from the 

 house itself we 

 enter the land- 

 scape world, of 

 w h i c h there 

 have been many 

 glimpses from 

 the more formal 

 pleasaunce. 

 Here the foliage 

 is fine and the 

 character attrac- 

 tive, wood and 

 water uniting in 

 the effect. And 

 from sundry 

 points of view 

 the Hall, with its 

 many pinnacles, 



gables and chimneys, is the gem of the garden picture a 

 simple, beautiful, and delightful composition. 



For the rest, there is not much to say. A quaint old 

 garden, with the added charms which belong to modern 

 times, a placid lake, and a splendid park, must needs be 

 famous even among the great domain:-; and fair gardens in 

 which Yorkshire is so lich. 



There have been, and there still are, many fine gardens 

 in the level country that surrounds the city of York. Thus at 

 Bishopthorpe, where has been the palace of the Archbishops 

 ever since the time of Walter de Gray (1216-1255), the 

 gardens are large and fine, and the same is the case at Escrick 

 Park, and at many more great places the "ancient homes 

 of lord and lady" in the vicinity of York. Andrew 

 Mar veil, the poet, who was resident as a tutor at Nun 



Cofyright. 



A VISTA THROUGH THE YEWS. 



Appleton when 

 Thomas, the first 

 Lord Fairfax, 

 kept "noble 

 hospitality" 

 there, says that 

 thegardenswere 

 laid out in the 

 figure of a fort, 

 doubtless being 

 well terraced for 

 the outlook. 



" The sight do.-s 

 from their bas- 

 tions ply 



The invisible 

 artillery ; 



And at proud 

 Ca-.voo:l Castle 

 si-ems 



To point the 

 battery of its 

 beams, 



Asifit quarrelled 

 in the seat 



The ambition of 

 its prelate 

 great." 



The gardens nt Heslington H.dl belong, perhaps, to the 

 same period, though evidently they have undergone changes, and 

 now are very interesting to the garden historian. Such a house 

 could scarcely be without those features which are a distinction 

 of English country houses. The hall is lined with armorial 

 adornments, and there are portraits of Elizabeth, the four 

 Stuart kings, Prince Charles Edward, the Duchess of Orleans, 

 the Duchess of Grafton, and other famous nobles and fair 

 ladies from the hand of Kneller, Lely, and other well-known 

 aitists. 



The collection includes a considerable series of family 

 portraits also, and Lord Deramore may weli be proud 

 of the noble mansion which has descended to his hand, 

 and which is preserved with stately, quaint, and original 

 charm. 



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THE BOWLING GREEN ANU LAKE. 



