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sufficiently near to obstruct the view or mar the dignity of its 

 appearance, yet serve to impart an air of retirement and solem- 

 nity to this abode of death. 



There are no abrupt eminences nor steep declivities here, but 

 that broad expansiveness, both in the green turf and the water, 

 that aspect of grandeur and importance, so well in keeping with 





Fig. 2. — The Mausoleum. 



those noble old trees whioh, like a gallery of quaint old portraits, 

 tell of generations ana 9 times long since past. 



To the right of the lake, and immediately opposite the south 

 front, is the flower garden (Jig. 3). This view will serve to convey 

 some idea of its large size and architectural embellishments, 



consisting of balustrading, statuary, tazzas, and Grecian vases, 

 The elegant building on the rising ground to the left is a 

 Temple of Diana, which, with the bridge and a glinipseSof the 

 top of the Mausoleum towering over the trees, adds very much 

 to the effect of the scene. The design of the^flower garden 



The Flower Garden. 



consists of some elegant and very elaborate scrollwork in Box 

 embroidery, the narrowest and most intricate parts of which 

 contain Derbyshire spar, producing a chaste and pleasing effect, 

 The scrollwork was connected with many large beds well filled 

 with plants arranged in very good taste, the principal masses 

 consisting of well-known varieties of Pelargonium. A mixed 



bed of Pelargonium Le Grand and CounteBS of Warwick, with 

 Verbena venosa, had a very good effect. Pelargonium Flower 

 of Spring surrounded by Verbena Purple King, was equally 

 fine. Golden Feather Pyrethrum was very bright and effective. 

 During the paBt summer I have seen this useful plant largely 

 grown in several gardens which I have visited in different parts 



