GARDEN GATES 



gray stone some forty-five feet in height, with four tur- 

 rets and a broad arch between which hang the same 

 doors of massive oak bound by iron bands and studded 

 with spikes that have swung on their gigantic hinges 

 since the castle was young. Above tower mighty 

 trees, and the ivy hangs thick over the old pile ; no 

 better gateway to the grim barony could have been de- 

 signed. So, too, at Warwick. There the way lies 

 through a portcullised door and over a moat, the arch 

 at once heavy and fine. 



Beaulieu Abbey admits you through a lofty and 

 beautiful archway closed by wooden doors of an unbe- 

 lievable solidity, the whole built into the great gray 

 wall that rises above clothed in its evergreen robe of 

 clambering vine. The cloisters are a series of exquisite 

 arches that give upon the garden within. 



Then there is the Abbey of Battle, founded by 

 William the Conqueror as a thanksgiving for some 

 one of his victories. Here, too, the entrance is by a 

 huge battlemented arch with sturdy turrets and a grim 

 gate-house meant for defense as much as or more than 

 for welcome. 



In Italy, as in France and the British Isles, wrought- 

 iron gates and high walls are the rule for the outer 

 boundary. The Italian villas usually have several 

 gardens^ each with its particular and appropriate en- 

 trance. Thus the Villa Land has many a charming 

 entrance within its main great gates. Some lead you 



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