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main approach from the western park entrance, with easy access 

 to various points of the house and to the stables ; (K) to give a 

 base to the building ; (c) to make a formal garden for the display 

 of fountains, of flowers, and of the sub-tropical vegetation that in 

 Hungary during summer produces such a glorious effect ; (d) to open 

 out some views, and show something beautiful beyond. (a) The 

 first part of the drive from the west, where it enters the park 

 by a double avenue of limes, was naturally determined by that 

 fact ; and after crossing a small stream by a bridge, the line 

 curves easily 'so as to conserve views of remarkable trees, and of 

 vistas in the park, and of distant hills, till a sight of the house is 

 obtained. The drive then leads directly to the formal parterre, of 

 which it becomes part, and so on to the Palace. At the southern 

 end of the parterre there is a direct way to the stables. In addition 

 to the main approach there are several miles of subsidiary drives, 

 each affording glimpses of varied scenery, or serving some special 

 purpose such as a way to the racing stable, to lodges, kennels, 

 agents' houses, the kitchen garden, etc. (<5) Much gravelled space 

 was required about the Palace to give sufficient room ,for several 

 equipages to be present together, and to allow of the many 

 entrances being used simultaneously ; so that, in considering the 

 best treatment to be adopted, and to give a base to the Palace, 

 while making apparent the really long extent of its faade, and 

 to provide a line on which this should apparently rest, the question 

 of space had to be taken seriously into account. There is a 

 terrace drive forty feet wide next the building, terminating at its 

 southern limit in a large seat or pavilion, and at its northern 

 extremity narrowing into a drive to the stables. On the western side 

 of this terrace road, the line is fairly continuous ; and on the side 

 next the Palace two plots of turf are introduced in the broad 

 gravelled space between the two wings of the Palace, and in line 



