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GARDENS OLD AND NF.ll' 



ROSES AND TRELLIS-WORK. 



for on this side the remains of the ancient castle are many 

 The garden of annual flowers, enclosed within walls, is a 

 delightful example of gay and successful gardening, and the 

 walls are floral also. Near by is the characteristic and 

 fanciful trellised garden, a triumph in its way, and the rose 

 garden proper is also on this side. The rosery has been 

 formed by the present Lady Windsor, and is a perfect dream 

 df loveliness, and an ideal home for the queen of flowers. 

 Here are bowers, screens, and pergolas with delightful green 



turf paths, and beds of the best varieties in yreat masses, 

 the borders of hardy flowers arranged in a free and natural 

 manner. There is also an orchard, in which are well-grown 

 old trees, rich in blossom and heavy with fruit in the season. 

 This is a happy place also for the cultivation of bulbs, and a. 

 succession of crocuses, narcissus, tulips, and other spr ng 

 flowers mikes this part of the gardens a place of enchanting 

 beauty in the early months of the year. We are tempted to 

 recall the thoughts of Ruskin in this garden to think that the 



THE STONE WALK IN THE NORTH OAF DEN. 



