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more space to develop. A very large assortment of all 
the best flowering shrubs which will flourish in London 
have taken the place of worn-out evergreens. The best 
of the hollies, arbutus and healthy evergreens have been 
encouraged by careful attention. The great object in 
laying out the garden originally was naturally to obtain 
as much privacy as possible, and the earth taken out of 
the lake was formed into a great bank, which was 
thickly planted to screen the stables and distant houses. 
This bank, which was stiff 7 and formal in appearance, 
has now been artistically broken by planting and rock- 
work—not merely by a few stones, which would seem 
small, unnatural, and out of place, but by bold crags, 
over which roses climb, and where gorse, savin and 
broom, and countless other suitable plants look per¬ 
fectly at home. The aspect of the lake is also 
greatly enhanced by the substitution of rustic stone 
bridges for the iron structures. The water’s edge is 
well furnished with iris and other water-loving plants 
—the finest Marliac lilies brighten its surface-—and 
the stiff, round island is now varied by striking rocky 
promontories and is prettily adorned with broom and 
cherries. 
The colossal vase by Westmacott, executed as a 
memento of the Battle of Waterloo, has lately been 
placed on one of the lawns in an amphitheatre of trees. 
It stands in front of his Majesty’s summer-house, 
which is quaint in design, and was brought from the 
old Spring Gardens at Whitehall. The views down 
the wide glades, with the groups of tall trees, the 
bridges, the herbaceous borders, and the wealth of 
flowering shrubs, make the garden altogether one of 
singular charm considering it is even more truly “in 
