VISITS TO COUNTRY PLACES. 



insert a picturesque gate, from a design by Mr. Sargent's father, an amateur 

 painter of great merit, whose beautiful productions adorn the walls of Wodenethe 

 mansion, together with 'many rare specimens and statuary from European masters. 



Ornamental Garden Gate at Wodenethe, the residence of H. W. Sargent, Esq. 



A curious effect is produced by the mingling of variegated and particolored, 

 trees, such as the variegated or silver-striped chestnut, the silver and variegated 

 elm, the silver variegated thorn, the golden-blotched maple, and a very curious 

 ash, the aucuba folia, with leaves as marked as the Japan gold-dust tree. These, 

 mixed with the purple beech, the copper beech, the purple elm, purple berberis, 

 and puri)le fdbert, the darker colors presenting themselves first, and gradually 

 blending off into the brightest, produce a very curious effect. The evergreens 

 predominate, and make both the winter and the summer scene delightful. 



The Finns excelsa, or the Bhotan pine, has attained here the height of twelve 

 feet, and fully justifies Mr. Downing's description, "that affectedly pretty" pi 



Pinus ponderosa, twelve feet, though only six years from the seed. This 



