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place of the trekschuyt. The name of the house was Tulpenburg, the first 

 owner having bought it from the winnings gained in gambling ; the late 

 proprietors have considerably enlarged it. After having been originally 

 designed upon the system of Le Notre — now condemned as stiff — the garden 

 has just been improved according to the principles of d'Argenville. I 

 must confess to have nowhere seen a garden where those principles had 



A PLEACHED ALLEY AT ZEYST. 



been followed and carried out in a prettier and better way. The many 

 ornaments of box alternated in a pleasant way with coloured stones, 

 coloured glass, sand, and the refuse of smithies. A so-called English par- 

 terre had been arranged of curiously cut grass beds enclosed within wide 

 borders ornamented by flowers. Low hedges, clipped into different shapes, 

 divide the various parts of the garden, whilst a maze with countless turns 

 and corners, arranged so as to mislead the visitor, forms the centre of the 



