GARDEN PLANS 



A CHAPTER FOR THE OWNER OF A GARDEN AS WELL 

 AS FOR THE CRAFTSMAN. 



IN one of those delightful country houses which have 

 been handed down to us almost as national heirlooms, 

 because each successive father and son valued them 

 as such, is a large vellum-bound, treasured book. In it 

 are many ideas for gardens. It was composed some 250 

 years ago, about the time the present house was built. 

 There are drawings of the house, gardens, and several 

 farmhouses belonging to the property. On other pages 

 are exact plans of fields, with names that existed probably 

 at the time of Domesday, but have not been much altered 

 since. We must not forget the old parterre garden, with 

 its maze-like knots formed of box-edging and gay flowers, 

 and the long narrow stretch of bowling-green. These, 

 alas ! were superseded by the Early Victorian lawn, cut 

 up in places by starlike beds, half-moons, and all 

 the restless emblems of that time. Were it not for this 

 record, we should scarcely know what quiet dignity and 

 beauty once surrounded the house, and it is a satisfaction 

 to feel that a future generation may, perhaps, be moved 



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