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Gardens, old and new; the country house & its garden environment (1900)

Leyland, John, 1857?-1924, ed, Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933, ed, Country Life Limited · London, The Offices of "Country life illustrated": George Newnes, Ltd., New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 252

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■HEN the Duke of West-minster came into hisown, he succeeded toa p;oodly heritage indeed. His ance.-.tors were migiity menin ancient days, strong in counsel as in war, and perhapsabove all things else great huntsmen, and official Nimrodsin their time; bearing now a name of famous meaning,to which… … THE GATtS OF THE KllCHEN GARDEN. a hundred years the stables of their descendants havesheltered many a winner on the turf, and the association ofthe Grosvenors with the sports and occupations of outdoorlife in the field is appropriate to those in whose veins flowsthe blood of the great Hugh Lupus.…

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