



by I t is stl| ID iv 



U lurin tlu-ir jjai 



ID such . tormality has it"t ught, 



il is n.i! .! tint tlio architectural feat 



.it tin- tin- work is extremely 



and us niry is handsome, .mj 



tails n^'itly into the garden picture. An abundance of tl 



ve leature. .in.) r<>s a and pelargoniums, 

 iul multitude* "I line timers .ire tllUS 

 culli\ated in perfection. AH along the terrace wall- 

 ed in ciil ivating tx.Miitili.il tilings. 



II re ire exq :ders, full of adnmabL* plants. anJ th.- 

 walls are rich in (lowering climbers. It is a garden "t subtle 

 and abundant charm, nd ten led with unfailing skill 



and care. 



Tlu- . , into the surrounJinj 



I ID'S m.i . i irdeil 



also. It has that . t to find in 



"iir rural I .e )iiaint , , inutile 



in their i- regularity, an- em: n ir.igr.int shrubs jnd 



. the.r parities nay with si-,-t-snielling hm: 

 jasmine, and iimhrng t . their I 



nothing to break the rural chirm, and St. I I] 't 

 deal t<> the artist. \\holin!s n the i|iiaint ^ 

 anck-nt walls of the caMle main sublets i.ir hi* p 

 The chinch is a teature in the landslip., .ml 

 Character an.l many memorials make it mU th 



anlu|uar\ . I neighbourly: c ui.tiy ad K the n-ht 

 and charm. Tin re are undulating pastures, wide ^, 

 dales, v.. ,0s, .UK) rippling stu-amlets. .ill , , n t' m.,M 



able coimtrs . 

 We leiik-mrv; that it was here the lam 'tis i 



and \\.>n, in whi.h. in s ..-i m.-asure, was divided the 



HA>I t M) O? Hit 



this side, and when at K-ngth, ^"in.- d nva by the va: 



nts, we arrive at the border of the ponds, where tlie 

 water-lilies grow, we find ourselves in a natural land- 

 a transition most delightful. In the silvery surfaces of the 

 ponds the surrounding trees are reflected, an.) when we 



J to the other side, linking back w 



reflected, with all its terraces and gardens truly an enchanting 

 picture. The two ponds, though cl >-e together, a:e K\ arated 

 by a walk gi\ing access to the park beyond. 



On ti-.e youthern slope, where the terraces are, all things 

 prosper, and the U-rrace borders are triumphs in successful 

 garden ng, the place being beautiful and Iragrant b-cause of 

 the admirable selection \ \n, from early spring 



until the last winds of autum i have blown. The trees are 

 magnificent, though n >t ot ^ eat si/e, and include fine pla 

 lovely birches, branching naks. and stately and imp ismg 

 conifers, whic!) last are green all the winter thrnigh. Indi- 

 vidually and in masses the tree- aJ'>rn b .th the foreground 

 and the distance with admirable effect, and the mitl 

 the garden, with *'ie rushing streamlet and \\aterfalls, and the 

 |H-rt n beaut\ . .p in the m.nd the idea of 



some southern laad. 



t a kingdom an I a commonwealth, but we may say 

 with Byron : 



"T * till i IK i 



^ l.-i'l. \r - '.i I Inr. \ i:nr -l.itli no: .1 <.' 



We must add that to the p:e-ui: l.-,rd and l..i Ij U N r, who 

 are true : all that mai.es the country and country 



hou-es beautiful, are due the preservation and the enrichment 



ie s\-lvan a. id rural beauty "f St. Pagan's. 



The r ver l:!\ tl iwing through the valley enhances the 

 charm of the landscape. Few \.o.jld suspect that within a few 

 miles lies the bus Cardiff, where the ship> ever t 



an.l g-i, and tlie town is busy with tiie hum of men. I 

 hill at St. Hasan's, or down by the fish-ponds and the woods, 

 we d i not think of such things. We are content to I -,k up in 

 the K-autiful terrace I ja .1 -:is, ti linger in th-- rosi-ry. or 

 amo g the annual tlo.\eis, an I to .r t>i ;race out the 



plan of the old castle which stood Much of 



tl.e beauty of these is an Is )s .Ule ! the i.ire and judgment, 

 and the love o; natural things, ot those who. like Lord 

 and l.adv Windvir. devote thein-ii\,is t> l\-a jt.fyin^ 

 aJ^nniij; with new atlra>.tions UK: pi.u.es in which they 

 dwell. 



