House and Garden 
THE ARCHWAY LEADING TO THE STABLE YARD 
doors, windows and ceilings, angles and bow- 
windows. Diamond-shaped panes in leaden 
casement frames abound, and the ancient 
niches and carved crosses tor religious offices 
have not yet been hidden by time and 
change. 
So completely is the quaint old place set 
behind the grim walls of Northgate Street, 
that the glance of the casual straggler, not 
having it in actual quest, would scarcely pene¬ 
trate the dark archway to the Old-World 
scene within. Beyond the archway at the 
street is another lesser one leading to the 
stable yard, restricted now to the accommo¬ 
dation of sixty to eighty horses. In olden 
times it could care for hundreds, as folk of 
quality in the time of King Edward invariably 
made the pilgrimage on horseback. Every¬ 
thing about the Inn is queer and quaint, and 
its numerous odd corners, little arches, pro¬ 
truding upper stories, peep-holes of windows, 
gables, offices and “ osteries ” interest at his 
every turn the lover of the picturesque and 
old. Just now the courtyard is looking its 
best, clothed, as it is, by a wealth of vines 
and foliage. The two Virginia creepers and 
wistaria are rooted beneath the paving of the 
courtyard and with the exception of very 
close pruning for the winter they are left to 
care for themselves. Eor the summer months 
speckled acuba laurels in pots are used for 
decorative purposes, which are watered and 
filled up with soil when necessary. In win¬ 
ter small shrubs take the place of flowers. 
Geraniums, marguerites, lobelia are chiefly 
used, for they thrive with only ordinary care. 
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