16 
House & Garden 
It is not uncommon on Eng¬ 
lish estates for the children to 
have a garden all to them¬ 
selves, where they can play 
undisturbed and safely, and 
where their destructive pro¬ 
clivities can do little damage. 
At Madresfield Court, Worces¬ 
tershire, the seat of the Earl 
of Beauchamp, is a stretch of 
lawn fenced in with plaited 
wattles and hedge, devoted to 
the children alone. One won¬ 
ders if these children have to 
keep in order the flower 
border inside the fence. 
American children would 
IN AN ALLY’S 
GARDENS 
Views from Five English 
Estates 
Photographs by H. N. KING 
From gardens across the 
sea we Americans can learn 
many a little touch that 
will enrich us. Here at 
Madresfield Court, for ex¬ 
ample, is a treatment of 
stepping stones quite dif¬ 
ferent from anything one 
sees in the States. The 
stones are high, set in the 
stream and not bridged. 
They carry the path over 
two brooklets and up past 
fern banks and ivy to the 
open expanse of a terrace 
beyond 
