arches, and flowering and odoriferous creepers are trained up 

 the wall. In each of the intervals are three occH, or round 

 niches, in the wall, about one foot deep and three feet across, 

 for the reception of l)usts ; these are fitted with a terra-cotta 

 hning and run, and are backed by a pale blue colour, which was 

 selected by H.E.H. the Prince Consort shortly before his death. 



A broad walk runs along the base of the walls, turning up to 

 the canals, under the bridge abeady mentioned. 



"When the angle of the wall is reached, and the visitor 

 turns his face northwards, he has, under the bridge, which faces 

 him, a favourable view of the Garden upwards. His eye is first 

 caught by a tranquil stretch of water in an oblong canal, straight 

 before him, into which, at the upper end, tumbles a miniature 

 cascade. Beyond that he sees a fountain playmg on a higher 

 level, — still further off, one of the band-houses, somewhat in the 



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