GARDENS OLD AND NEW. 



Nuthurst, and from their successors passed to the family of the 

 present proprietor. 



The beautiful house of Sedgwick Park, built within recent 

 years, thus represents a great domain of former times, and its 

 terrace surveys not only a supremely beautiful garden, butalsj 







"THE CHIEF CABIN." 



a vast extent of the old hunting ground of William de Braose, 

 lord of Bramber. The architect has raised on the hill a 

 fair and attractive mansion. The pictures illustrate, better 

 than words can describe, the glories of the garden, which 

 lies in terraced descents to the south. Quaint and curious is 

 the idea of likening the house and garden to a ship of the 

 Royal Navy. What fancy 

 inspired the delightful conceit 

 we do not know, but here is 

 embodied or figured an asso- 

 ciation which, to those who 

 love the garden, is dear, and 

 it is extremely interesting t > 

 learn that the garden was 

 planned by Mrs. Henderson, 

 and brought to perfection 

 under her care. What a 

 garden it is that we gaze upon 

 from the lofty "masthead" 

 of the abode ! Below is the 

 semi-circular terrace, paved 

 with huge Cyclopean blocks, 

 which cherish green things in 

 their crevices, all enframed 

 on the homeward side by deep 

 green yew hedges, giving place 

 for beautiful seats for the 

 view, while at the ends of 

 the curves are classic athletes 

 in bronze. Then we have a 

 long broad pathway to open 

 the garden perspective, and 

 there are other hedges, kept 

 svell, as hedges should be, 

 and fringing strips of turf, 

 margined by beds of flowers 



and low-growing shrubs. The path leads onward to another 

 marked feature of tiie garden, still enframed with the 

 hedges, and here the sudden dip of the ground has afforded 

 another fine position for an outlook, ; , s it were, over 

 a bastion or, perhaps, in this maritime garden, we should 



say a bulwark while paths lead down on either side to the 

 lower level, where the " chief cabin " is a delightful place to 

 rest in, with its cool stone archway and pavement. 



It was looking out from this point, or from the elevation 

 above, that Mrs. Henderson's children, seeing with delight the 



water -space before them, 

 proclaimed it as " The White 

 Sea," a title which it 

 deservedly retains. Reflecting 

 the sky above, it shimmers in 

 the summer sun, and con- 

 trasted with the dark greens 

 of its margin, it assumes the 

 white sheen that impressed 

 them. This is not a formal 

 water, for there is no stone 

 edging, and water-loving 

 plants flourish exceedingly 

 there. And yet, look at those 

 quaint yew hedges, tall and 

 dense and cut to shapes that 

 are prim, and you will say 

 that Nature and Art are here 

 most happily conjoined. The 

 special character and formation 

 of these yew hedges, which 

 is very curious and unusual, 

 has caused them to be 

 described as "fortifications." 

 They close the view of this 

 sweet and splendid garden, 

 but not the view of the 

 country. For beyond and 

 below lies the great wooded 

 park, rich and beautiful in its 



varied foliage, and the lovely country for many a mile, 

 until the line of the Downs ends the prospect. It is a 

 landscape possessing both richness and variety, very pleasant 

 to look upon from a pleasaunce like this. 



What is particularly worthy of note is that no style 

 predominates here. There i:; no exclusion of qualities rather 



THE 



PORTHOLES.' 



an attempt to include many, and a successful one. The 

 general character is, of course, formal, but the garden is full 

 of so much natural beauty, and so closely neighboured by 

 woodland and by individual trees of beautiful character, that 

 it will content those who love the simple expression of the 



