at Drayton Green. 



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form an interesting termination to the comparatively straight 

 walk from the house to this point. One of these vases at 6, when 

 the spectator is at a distance, appears to him to be the terminating 

 point, while that at 5 comes into his view afterwards. The walk 

 from 5 to 7 is several feet higher than the floor of the veranda 

 in the front of the drawingroom ; and hence the views towards 

 the house, being along a descent, are less interesting than, from 

 the number of objects on the lawn, they otherwise would be. 

 The view into the paddock, to the right, affords an agreeable 

 relief from the excess of beauty and variety on the lawn, as it 

 consists of a plain grass field, grazed by some fine Aldernev 

 cows, and planted with two or three scattered elms, oaks, and 

 aspens and other poplars. * 



The next scene of interest is the Italian walk, arrived at the 

 point 8, in which, and looking back towards the paddock, we 



have, as a termination to one end of that walk, the rustic arch 

 and vase fig. 48. 



From the point 9, we have the view of the Italian walk Jig. 

 49., with a span-roofed green-house as the termination at the 

 farther end, and an elegant fountain on the right hand. The 

 border on the left is planted with the most choice herbaceous 

 flowers, interspersed with standard roses at regular distances ; 

 and the wall is devoted in part to the finer fruits, but principally 

 to climbing roses, and other climbing or twining shrubs of fra- 

 grance or beauty. At the point 10, there is a rustic archway of 

 rockwork on the right, from which an interesting view across 

 the lawn is obtained. At the point 11, there is a walk across 

 the border to the bath-house, adjoining which is a camellia-house 

 (12) ; and beyond that two long sheds (13, 14), for tools, pots. 



