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mory of one of the family who had died in the flower of 

 youth. The emblems were affecting : in one place a tulip 

 (the favourite flower in Holland) broken over, with an in- 

 scription alluding to the uncertainty of life ; — in another 

 place, the same plant again springing up, intimating the 

 cheering hope of the resurrection. 



There are several avenue- walks, which meet at central 

 points. There are likewise some fine vistas ; one, closing 

 with an obelisk ; another, in better and more ambitious 

 taste, terminating with the tower of the great church of 

 Utrecht ; and a third, leading the curious eye to lose itself 

 in the rich and extensive champaign. 



Stretching across a canal, and opposite to each other, 

 are two verdant houses, consisting of beech-trees, the outer 

 trees being trained and cut like gable-walls. These had, 

 to our eyes, a very odd appearance, and they produced no 

 pleasing effect. 



* We were struck with this circumstance, that every thing 

 in this garden has its most exact counterpart : if there be 

 a pond, a walk, or statue, or a group of evergreens on one 

 side ; the same may, with confidence, be predicted on the 

 other side of the garden ; — so that the often-quoted couplet 

 of Pope can nowhere be more literally exemplified : 



•' Grove nods at grove ; each alley has its brother, 

 " And half the platform just reflects the other." 



The two corresponding ponds are surrounded with very 

 old horse-chesnut trees (iEsculus Hippocastanum), pro- 

 bably among the oldest in Holland, this tree having been 

 one of those introduced by Clusius. At the extremity of 

 the garden is a large circular walk, completely shaded with 

 beech- trees ; and having a piece of water in the centre of 

 it. The ponds and this sheet of water abound with fish, 

 particularly carp 



