THE POND, WOLFSGARTEN 



bygone summers navvies and other labourers 

 were to be seen very busily engaged in either 

 irrigating or draining the meadows so as to con- 

 duct the water for use or ornament to the house, 

 and to guide it to different fountains which serve 

 as a great addition to the extensive grounds. All 

 these improvements owe their origin to the ideas 

 of the present owner. His mother the Grand 

 Duchess, Alice (184378), second daughter of 

 Queen Victoria, was much loved ; her memory 

 is ever green in the hearts of those who had 

 the privilege of knowing her ; she never actually 

 resided at Wolfsgarten, but she frequently visited 

 it ; she was very fond of Kranichstein, another 

 summer residence of the Royal Family of Hesse, 

 and she used to say that the park-like forests there 

 reminded her vividly of Windsor Forest. It was 

 only after her early death that the widowed 

 Grand Duke, Louis IV, chose to live there in 

 the summer-time, and thus it has developed into 

 a lovely spot, full of attraction and peace. 



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