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The domain of Tedworth lies on the extreme verge of Wiltshire, 

 bordering Hants. The road from Devizes passes through the rich corn 

 district of the Pewsey Vale, and next over a more open down country, 

 till, past Everleigh, the woods and coppices of the Tedworth estate 

 become a marked feature, and we find ourselves surrounded by all the 

 indications of a fostering landlord, as shown by the neat and comfortable 

 cottages of the district. 



Tlie gardens at Tedworth, which are so widely knowm, have been 

 for more than twenty years under the charge of our friend Mr. 

 Sandars, a gentleman well known as one of our best and most intelli- 

 gent gardeners, as everything at Tedworth abundantly testifies, and of 

 which we shall have to speak hereafter. 



The mansion is situate in a valley well furnished with timber trees, 

 and surrounded by gentle eminences richly clothed with wood. The 

 views from the house, though not very extensive, are much varied, and 

 comprise some pleasing peeps over the diversified home scenery to the 

 distant downs. The house itself is large, and internally fitted up with 

 every comfort and luxury suitable to the position of its proprietor, 

 and of the distinguished company who, during the season, enjoy the 

 sports and princely hospitalities of Tedworth. 



In front of the mansion is a large space of ground laid out in a style 

 of mixed gardening, having large masses of the rarer evergreen shrubs 

 and American plants, standard Roses, &c., interspersed with beds 

 solely devoted to flowering plants. Near the house the flower-beds 

 partake of a regular design, and were well filled with the choicest 

 bedding plants ; we noticed particularly some large beds filled with the 

 " Crystal Palace Dahlia," a very dwarf scarlet variety raised here by 

 Mr. Sandars, and which is likely to be a very valuable acquisition for 

 bedding out in masses, as it only grows 1 J foot in height, and is pro- 

 fusely covered through the season with bold double flowers of an intense 

 scarlet. The Messrs. Henderson, of the Wellington Nursery, have the 

 stock, the demand for which, we understand, is very great. To fill the 

 beds in this garden, and a smaller flower-garden between the house and 

 the kitchen-garden, in addition to the borders, &c , a large quantity of 

 bedding-out plants are required, which is now being transferred to 

 their summer quarters. Adjoining the mansion is a conservatory 

 devoted -to Camellias, Oranges, and plants in bloom, which are furnished 

 from the reserve houses in the kitchen-garden ; this house, like the 

 larger one, having to be kept gay with flowering plants throughout tlie 

 year. From this conservatory a corridor leads through a part of the 

 grounds to the great conservatory, and is continued to the stables, which 

 lie beyond. The corridor has an opaque roof, with glass sides made to open 

 for ventilation in the summer, and is heated by hot-water pipes, to 

 preserve an agreeable temperature in winter. By this arrangement 

 Mr. Smith and his friends are enabled to visit the conservatory and 

 stables in bad weather without the least exposure ; and as the con- 

 servatory is admirably adapted for walking or even riding exercise, the 

 luxury of getting there during bad weather in winter — a suggestion of 

 Mr. Smith's — cannot be too highly appreciated. 



This conservatory is 310 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 16 feet high 



