GARDEN GATES 
gray stone some forty-five feet in height, with four tur¬ 
rets and a broad arch between which hang the same 
doors of massive oak bound by iron bands and studded 
with spikes that have swung on their gigantic hinges 
since the castle was young. Above tower mighty 
trees, and the ivy hangs thick over the old pile; no 
better gateway to the grim barony could have been de¬ 
signed. So, too, at Warwick. There the way lies 
through a portcullised door and over a moat, the arch 
at once heavy and fine. 
Beaulieu Abbey admits you through a lofty and 
beautiful archway closed by wooden doors of an unbe¬ 
lievable solidity, the whole built into the great gray 
wall that rises above clothed in its evergreen robe of 
clambering vine. The cloisters are a series of exquisite 
arches that give upon the garden within. 
Then there is the Abbey of Battle, founded by 
William the Conqueror as a thanksgiving for some 
one of his victories. Here, too, the entrance is by a 
huge battlemented arch with sturdy turrets and a grim 
gate-house meant for defense as much as or more than 
for welcome. 
In Italy, as in France and the British Isles, wrought- 
iron gates and high walls are the rule for the outer 
boundary. The Italian villas usually have several 
gardens, each with its particular and appropriate en¬ 
trance. Thus the Villa Lanti has many a charming 
entrance within its main great gates. Some lead you 
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