142 Hints on Landscape Gardening 



thorn and gleditschia thickets, twelve feet broad, 

 totally impenetrable to man or beast, and con- 

 tented with the poorest soil. The hares, which 

 are very plentiful in our part of the world, dam- 

 age them considerably during hard winters, but 

 as they must be partly cut down every three years 

 to renew their density, the damage is seldom of 

 great proportions. 



I will assume that one has started from the 

 castle and is taking a walk to the flower gardens 

 and a part of the " pleasure-ground," to which 

 leads no drive. Following the arrow that starts 

 from the wide steps of the court of the castle 

 (a, on the ground-plan C and B)' is an arrange- 

 ment for orangery and flowers with light arcades, 

 and above it, rising from large vases, drooping 

 passion flowers. Between the arches are hanging 

 bars, on which many-colored parrots swing, with- 

 out being able to incommode one by their too 

 great proximity. The orangery makes a shady 

 and fragrant walk on the terrace, extends around 

 the court, and is surrounded with flower stands 

 in which niches are placed, serving as an occa- 

 sional salon and affording views of the park. 

 The terraces are connected with the drawing- 

 rooms by glass doors. 



On the opposite side of these rooms, toward 

 the south, a conservatory is thrown out, running 

 along the wing of the castle, the windows of 



' I have had copied, for the better comprehension of the reader, a 

 part of the gardens on a larger scale, as far as the footpaths go, and 

 marked thcrei with the same letters. (See Plate C.) 



