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but with no flower garden, until the walled 
gardens were turned into one under the rule 
of the present chatelaine. 
In the same way the gardens at Eaton Hall, 
kept up at great expense for the benefit of 
visitors, were found, in their formality, to lack 
something of the charm necessary to a garden. 
So a square space was cleared in a wood at a 
little distance, a yew hedge planted on a terrace 
wall^ all round, and the paths, surrounding 
numberless square beds, paved with bricks on 
edge in herring-bone pattern, the beds being 
filled with May tulips, tea-roses, and other 
flowers. On one side a thatched tea-house 
stands on the terrace, and on the other a de- 
lightful pigeon-house. Here at once is a 
garden to live in, to read or work in, or in 
which to dream away the sunny hours, — far 
from gravel walks and aggressive lawn-mowers, 
and the incessant routine that is necessary in 
a garden open to the public on stated days. 
And in the gardens of Park Place, Henley, 
a small walled enclosure has been turned into 
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the dearest little (very little) garden in which 
no one but the owner of it is allowed to garden. 
It has gnarled old fruit trees shading it here 
and there, and quaint old French garden-seats 
beneath them. It has an ancient sundial 
