1 8 Gleanings in Old Garden Literature. 



The present writer has met under that 

 roof Durham and Woolner, the sculptors, 

 Hepworth Dixon, Cordy Jeaffreson, and 

 many more men of mark in their respective 

 ways. But the house and its grounds will 

 soon be numbered with the things of the 

 past, and nearly all those who contributed 

 to make the Sundays pleasant and profita- 

 ble, including the Doctor himself, are no 

 more. 



But I must confine myself to my more 

 immediate point. In the Thames Valley 

 Times of February 2nd, 1887, occurs this 

 paragraph : 



"The threatened ravages of the builder in the 

 grounds of Twickenham House seem specially un- 

 welcome, not only because of associations, but also 

 on account of the extreme beauty of the ancient turf, 

 which, in the times to which we have referred, was a 

 finely-kept lawn of exceptional verdure and springi- 

 ness. Like stately trees, such singularly rich turf is 

 the result of time, suitable soil, and careful conserva- 

 tion, as those well know who are familiar with the 

 verdant beauty of the lawns of the ancient Oxford 

 Colleges. The grounds are also interesting on account 

 of an extraordinary and luxurious growth of all kinds 



