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should prevail in the fore- 

 ground which exists in 

 the different distant parts 

 of the scene ; and, hence, 

 no flower-beds are intro- 

 duced immediately before 

 the windows of the living- 

 rooms. Something of this 

 kind might, no doubt, 

 have been done, though 

 in a sparing manner, had 

 Mr. Wells rebuilt the 

 house, and surrounded it 

 by an architectural ter- 

 race or basement ; but, 

 without such a medium 

 for uniting the house 

 with the grounds, flowers 

 in the foreground, Mr. 

 Wells judges, and in our 

 opinion most justly, would 

 have too powerfully at- 

 tracted the eye. We must 

 confess (such is the force 

 of habit) that, the first 

 time we saw Redleaf, we 

 thought we felt the want 

 of an enriched foreground 



Plan of the Grounds at Redleaf, as they 

 now exist. 



n, Wire fence, separating the great 

 valley pastured with sheep (i I m) 

 from the mown lawn (o). 



p, Wire fence which separates the lawn 

 from the sheep pasture (q), and 

 from the cow-pasture beyond {r r). 



s, The kitchen-garden. 



t, The orchard. 



u. The frame-ground. 



v, The Dutch garden. 



w, The English garden. 



x. The rockwork garden. 



y, The farm-yard, timber-yard, &c. 



z, Walk forming the general circuit of 

 the place. Along this walk are 

 several seats and resting-places, 

 open and covered, all of which, like 

 all the other garden structures at 

 Redleaf, were designed by Mr. 

 Wells, and executed from his 

 working-drawings by his own 

 workmen. Some of these seats are 

 formed round the trunks of living 

 trees, as shown in fig. 78., of which 

 fig. 79. is a section. 

 %, The London entrance and lodge. 

 aa, The Penshurst entrance and lodge, 



of which a view is shown mfig.'&O. 

 lb, Part of Penshurst Park. 



