Gardens of the Poets 
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Cherries, and even rare Japanese Maples are to be 
found ; a few survivors of the Chinese Mulberry 
have a romantic interest as mementoes of a giant 
bubble of ruin. The largest Scotch Laburnum I 
ever saw, glorious in golden bloom, is behind an 
unkempt house. On the Parsons estate is a weep- 
ing Beech of unusual size. Its branches trail on 
Box and Phlox. 
the ground in a vast circumference of 222 feet, 
forming a great natural arbor. The beautiful vernal 
light in this tree bower may be described in Andrew 
Marvell’s words : — 
“Annihilating all that’s made 
To a green thought in a green shade.” 
The photograph of it, shown opposite page 232, 
gives some scant idea of its leafy walls ; it has been 
for years the fit trysting-place of lovers, as is shown 
by the initials carved on the great trunk. Great 
