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GARDENS OLD AND NPW. 



flowers rightly flourish here 

 for those who love them. "I 

 know you would like to think 

 that true," he says ; "you 

 would tnink it a pleasant magic 

 if you could flush your flowers 

 into brighter bloom by a kind 

 look upon them ; nay, more, 

 if your look had the p -\ver, 

 not only to cheer, but to 

 guard!" Something like 

 this seems the influence at St. 

 Pagan's. 



The long embattled wall 

 which crests the hill there, 

 separate^ the delightful garden 

 region on the elevated land 

 from the romantic beauty of 

 the terraced garden on the- 

 southern slope. The wall is 

 the most important portion 

 of the old castle still remain- 

 ing. It overlooks the Ely Ri ver ; 

 and the "wall walk," which 

 commands the prospect, is well 

 preserved, and terminates in 

 a small turret, being a pic- 

 turesque part of tl-.e mo.k'rn 



offices built in the middle of the last century. From this exalted 

 position in the castle gardens there is a great deal to survey, 

 and the q ;a:nt turret is the place for the outlook in its realm 

 of flower-land. 



The terraces are in close proximity to the mansion, 

 and there is a most lovely view over them from the battle- 

 ments, terminating b.bw in the fish-ponds, whLli reflect 



TH.1 HIGHER POND. 



a magnificent growth of trees, partly enclosing them on the 

 further side, over whose topmost branches, from our lofty 

 position on the hill, we look out to the lovely landscape beyond, 

 rich in the sylvan beauty and green spaces of the country. 

 There are five successive terraces, edged with stone or grass, 

 and some of them having grass slopes, while the descent 

 from the house is by a fine tl ght of steps, flanked on either side 



THE LOWER PONU. 



