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Title: Some English gardens;
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932 Elgood, George Samuel, 1851-
Subjects: Gardens Landscape gardening
Publisher: London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green & Co.
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e whole space occupied by the house and grounds is not of greatextent; it is irregular and even awkward in shape, and has roads on twosides. The treatment is extremely ingenious ; indeed, it is doubtful whetherany other plan that could have been devised would have made so muchof the space or could have so cleverly concealed the limits. The garden lies out forward of the house in a long parallelogram.Next to the house-front is the usual wide gravel terrace, from which paths,inclosing spaces of lawn, lead down to a lower level. The whole lawn,with its accompanying paths, slopes downward ; where a steeper slopeoccurs above and below, the path becomes a flight of steps. The lower level is intersected by paths. As they converge, theyswing round the pedestal of the Flying Mercury that stands upon acircular grass-plot. The main path soon reaches the edge of thehandsome pool known as the Great Water. It is four-sided, with a i8 MELBOURNE FROM THE PICTURE TN THE POSSESSION OF Mr. W. V. R. Fane
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further semi-circular bay, A wide grassverge and turf slope form the edging.Broad walks pass all round, with pleasant views at various points into thecool and shaded woodland alleys. Near the further angles of the poolsgreen court, the great yew hedge, which bounds the whole garden,swings back into shallow segmental niches to take curved stone seats.Just beyond, on the return angle, the view from the path, here passingthe right side of the pool, is ended by the lead figure of Perseus,of heroic size, also standing in a niche cut in the yews. The com-panion statue of Andromeda occupies the corresponding niche on the otherside. After passing the Mercury, the view across the pool is met by acurious piece of wrought-iron work in the form of a high, dome-toppedsummer-house ; a masterpiece of Jean Tijou. It is entered by steps,and leads, through the trees, to higher ground beyond. Right and left of the middle and upper portions of the garden thegreat yew hedges are double ; planted in parall

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