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Duke, is said to be the finest iu the workl. The day we were there 

 the mother :iud sister of the Duke were visiting him, and all the 

 waterfalls and fountains were playing in honor of the event. 



There are special gardens of great beauty, the Oriental garden, tiie 

 Italian garden, and the French garden, each with some peculiar feat- 

 ures, all highly ornamented with works of art as well as by their 

 beautiful and varied vegetation. In the orangery are splendid speci- 

 mens of camellias, oranges, and rhododendrons; one of the latter, 

 imported from Nepaul, has been known to have 2,000 blooms on it at 

 one time. 



From time to time this beautiful place has been visited by emperors, 

 kings, and princes, fi'om many countries, and some of the trees here 

 growing were planted by royal hands. 



Groups of statuary by noted sculptors adorn the grounds, and all 

 that genius and wealth can procure have been gathered for these 

 many years, until there is profusion seldom equalled, and all freely 

 opened for a party of Americans to enjoy. Surely the courtesy of 

 the Duke is commensurate with his wealth. 



Before leaving this subject I must speak of the beautiful village of 

 Edensor, called the " model village," situated within the park and 

 occupied by the dwellings of the employes of the Duke. The houses 

 are all neatly built and the grounds are adorned with shrubs and 

 flowers. A tasty gothic church, with its spire pointing heavenward, 

 adorns the green, and in the churchyard is the tomb of the late Duke 

 of Devonshire and also that of Lord Frederick Cavendish, who was 

 assassinated in Pha?nix Park, as before noted. 



In one of our trips we stopped at Stoke Fogis and visited the 

 churchyard immortalized by Gray's Elegy. This really is within an 

 immense park, iu which the red deer were quietly grazing with no fear 

 of man as an enemy. The walk from the highway through the 

 churchyard to the church was lined on either side with the most 

 beautiful roses we had ever seen in such quantities. They were of all 

 colors and of immense size. In the yard were those " rugged elms" 

 and "that yew tree's shade"; there, too, were "• those mouldering 

 heaps," and that "ivy mantled tower" still, perhaps, furnishes a 

 resting place for the " moping owl." Doubtless, too, as the sun sank 

 in the west, "the lowing herd came winding o'er the lea." 



London has some famous parks and is somewhat famous for its 

 parks. What w^ould that immense city do were it not for these 

 " breathing places ! " How did it come to have so many? Royalty, 

 wealth, and the Church have all contributed, either directly or indirect- 



