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Gardens for Small Country Houses. 



Hurtwood (Fig. 298), where the 

 simple gazebo at the corner of the 

 terrace emphasises the height of 

 the house behind, and serves as 

 a pleasant resting-place whence 

 the beauties of the outlook may 

 be enjoyed. Its situation above 

 the lily pool helps to mark the 

 charms arising from the wise 

 treatment of a site that slopes 



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FIG. 298. — AT HURTWOOD : GARDEN-HOUSE ABOVE LILY POOL. 



FIG. 297. — GARDEN-HOUSE AT ATHEL- 

 HAMPTON. 



sharply. Similar advantage has 

 been taken of a difference in 

 level between two important 

 sections of a garden at x\thel- 

 hampton (Fig. 297), where the 

 windows of the pavilion command 

 both an upper lawn and a long 

 vista of path and border on the 

 low side of a clipped hedge. 

 Where a forecourt or terrace 



