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A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND. 



down down, hey derry down/' as he called it. He expected 

 to find there, 



" . . . . gardens so stately, and arbours so thick, 

 A portal of stone, and a fabric of brick." 



but on reaching his destination, the poet exclaimed to his friend, 

 " O Morley, O Morley ! if that be a hall, 

 The fame with the building will suddenly fall." 



To which he received the answer, 



" I show'd you Down-Hall ; did you look for Versailles ? " 



" BROME HALL, SUFFOLK, ONE OF THE SEATS OF THE RIGHT HON. CHARLES 



LORD CORNWALLIS." 

 FROM AN ENGRAVING BY KIP. 



Prior lived here for many years, and designed new gardens, 

 and these alterations which Lord Oxford carried out, included 

 the present principal garden, with box hedges in the Dutch 

 style, and the long wall of clipped hornbeams. Another 

 charming example is at Brarnham, in Yorkshire.* The 

 ground-plan of the garden is like any figured in Switzer's 



* Belonging to Mr. Lane Fox. 



