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GARDENS OLD AND NEW. 



examples, to understand and appreciate the exact 

 composition of line and proportion which makes 

 old houses agreeable and sufficing in a measure 

 very seldom attained to-day. It will be noted 

 that the tall clipped yews at Keevil Manor stand 

 adjacent to the mansion, and are seen on passing 

 through thi gate. The grouping presented by the 

 curious trees and the old house is very picturesque, 

 and looking in the other direction, from the porch, 



the entrance arch and the open country beyond 

 present a very attractive prospect. There are 

 quaint stables and outhouses behind the manor 

 house which have stood there many a long day, 

 and the grouping of structures is most pleasing 

 and picturesque. 



Keevil Manor is one of the seats of Major 

 A. W. Hicks Beach, and the residence of Colonel 

 Sir John Williams Wallington, K.C.B. 



THE TWELVE APOSTLES. 



