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new and good things are used in quantities. Another feature of no 

 less importance is well observed at this establishment, namely, that 

 good plants are grown ready for turning out, so that half the season is 

 not lost before they come into bloom. This could not be done without 

 the command of glass to a great extent, and this has been liberally 

 provided by his lordship, both in the shape of houses and pits heated 

 with hot water. 



Coniferous plants do exceedingly well here, and there are numbers 

 of choice trees already of a good size, with a large number coming on. 

 The finest specimen is a large and handsome plant of Pmus macrocarpa, 

 and there is also a beautiful plant of Picea nobilis, with a quantity of 

 good Deodars, Taxodium distichum, &c. There is also an abundance 

 of noble specimens of Portugal Laurels, Rhododendrons, and other hardy 

 shrubs. Copper Beech, Limes, and other deciduous trees abound, of 

 an immense size and age, many of which produce a peculiar effect by 

 drooping to the ground, where the branches take root and form a 

 progeny of young trees around the parent. Rhododendrons and 

 American plants generally grow most luxuriantly here in the natural soil. 



The kitchen garden consists of six acres, four being inside the walls, 

 and two outside. The walls were commenced in 1853, and are well 

 furnished with healthy young trees which have not yet generally fruited. 

 The glass here consists of a Peach case 360 feet long and 14 feet high, 

 and sufficiently wide to admit hot water pipes, and allow room to walk 

 between them and the trees ; five Vineries, a house for New Holland 

 plants, two Orchid houses, a stove and Geranium house, a house for 

 forcing early flowers, besides houses for Cucumbers and Figs. There 

 are also 4*^0 feet of pits for Pines, Melons, and wintering bedding plants, 

 all of which are heated with hot water, besides 200 feet of cold pits. 



The fountains are a splendid feature of this charming place. They 

 were projected by Lord Stamford himself, andwihtwo large reservoirs, 

 completed in less than two years, no expense being spared. One of the 

 reservoirs is placed on the gathering grounds, from which the water is 

 pumped up through half a mile ot J 2-inch pipes, by two 30 horse 

 power engines, to the other reservoir on the high grounds, and then 

 descends, with a fall of 350 feet, through the same length of pipes to 

 the l?rge jet, which throws it from 150 to 200 feet high. The lower 

 fountahi, served from this same main, consists of 16 jets, placed among 

 sea horses, and 1 through a figure of a sea or river god. The 16 jets 

 throw the water 40 feet, and the centre 70 feet high. No pen can 

 describe the fine effect of the two playing together, surrounded as they 

 are by such beautiful scenery. There are other fountains about the 

 place, but not of such remarkable size as those just described. 



The Earl of Stamford most liberally allows tlie public to view the 

 whole of the pleasure grounds and flower gardens twice a week, on 

 Tuesdays and Thursdays, but gardeners may see them at any time, 

 Lord Stamford being must desirous that every lacihty should be afforded 

 them for doing so. Mr. Alton, the very able gardener here, deserves 

 great credit for the judicious and very extensive alterations that have 

 been made in so short a time, and his exertions are warmly supported by 

 Lord Stamford, who is very fond of horticulture, and spares no expense 

 in making Enville one of the best gardens in the country, as it most 

 unquestionably will be. 



