.Tannarj 4, 1877. 1 



JODRNlIi OF HOKTIGDIiTDaS AND OOTTiGE GA.HDEt?ER. 



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said that here the monks preserved the fish for their private 

 use. It is in the same state of preservation as it was at the 

 dissolntion of the monasteries. It is flanked on each side by 

 a row of magnificent ancient Yews. Tlaey have been planted 

 for npwards of seven hundred year?, acd exhibit no signs of 

 decay. At the bottom end of the ppnd there is a fine bank of 

 Cotoneaster microphylla. 



At the top of the Stew Pond is the Monks' Well, whijh is 

 deserving of mention on account of its historic associations. 

 The quality of the water is much esteemed, beinpf singularly 

 clear, sparkling, and of great purity and sweetness. The monks 

 formerly fetched their water from this well, and it is now used ' 

 in the Abbey. It rises out of the sand rook, and is of the 

 same temperature all the year round. The fernery is situated I 

 in a shady portion of the grounds. It was designed by Mrs. 

 Webb about twelve years ago, whose taste in this respect is of , 

 the very highest order. It is constructed of stones taken from I 



the ruins of the old church and Derbyshire tufa. There is a 

 raised embankment with a hi^h mound in the centre. The 

 Btones are so airanged as to leave space for Ferns, of which 

 there are many hundreds. On the east front of the Abbey 

 there is the flower garden, laid out in long narrow beds, and in 

 the recesees of the curves are other smaller beds. No doubt 

 in the summer season this garden is bright and gay, but at the 

 time of my visit, the middle of dull November, the beds were 

 cleared of their summer flowers. At the end of this square of 

 grass and just opposite the semi-detached part of the building 

 is the French garden. It is a small space enclosed by a low 

 balnstrade, and laid-out in quaint-shaped bfds edged with Box 

 in the Louis Qaatorze style. Some oi the spaces between the 

 Box are filled with different-coloured material, such as white 

 spar, blue slate, red briokdust, &a. This little garden con- 

 trasts well with the other part of the grounds, which are mixed 

 in the style they were laid out. 



At the opposite end of the flower garden and near the ruin 

 of the old church ig the monument erected by Byron to the 

 memory of his faithful dog, " Boatswain." Near the tomb 

 stand two grand old Tews and a fine specimen of i.'edar of 

 Lebanon. Byron manifested more sorrow at the death of his 

 dog than he did at the death of his mother. The monument 

 stands on a base of six steps, crowned with a lambent flame 

 and panelled in white marble. The monnment, the Yews, 

 the Cedar, and the monkb' burying ground adjoining, give the 

 (•pot an air of gloomy solemnity. The monument, of which 

 on engraving accompanies tbeee note?, bears the following in- 

 scription on one of the panels : — 



"Near thi.^ Spot 



Are DepoBttc-d the Bemalns of One 



\S*ho Po^90SBe{l B'iaaty without Vtinity, 



Strenj^'th witboQt InBolence, 



Coarftgo witboat Ferocity, 



Aod ;dl the Virtues o( Man without bis Vices. 



Thifl Praise, which would be unmeaning Tiaf U-i \ 



I( luscrihed over Human Ashea, 



W but a just Tribute to the Memory of 



IMMTSWAIN, A DUG, 



Who was Bom at Newfoundlu lul, May, Iwo:;, 



And Died at Newitead Abbey, Nor. IK, lMfl8. ' 



do the pouth front there is a stone terrace with flower beds 

 laid-out and margined with raised ttone edf;ing8. From this 

 terrace a broad awtep of grass rnns down to the lake. On this 



lawn there ia another intere.sting object to the visitor ; it is 

 the Byron Oak which was planted by the poet. 



On tho opposite side of the lake there is a flourishing 

 Wellingtonia gigantea planted by Dr. David Livingstone 

 during his lengthened visit to Mr. and Mrs. Webb in 18G5 0. 

 The room that Livingstone occupied in the Abbey, and the 

 table that he wrote his last wojk on, remain just as ho left 

 them. There is no room in the Abbey of greater interest to 

 the visitor. Near to the Wellingtonia is a Cedrus atlantica, 

 planted by Mr. Stanley, whom I heard relate, in the Town 

 Hall, Mansfield, an account of his travels, and " how he found 

 Liviugatono." 



Passing on to the kitchen gai'deus, we cioes over a small 

 ravine on a rustic bridge that brings ns to the American 

 garden. It is a large piece of ground, formerly the wilderness, 

 but now planted with choice Rhododendrons. In the spring 

 season they must be beautiful. The American garden is sepa- 

 rated from the kitchen garden by a hedge of Thuja gigantea. 

 The hedge is IC or lf< feet high, and has been planted nine 

 jeara. The kitchen garden is in all respects in character with 

 this ancic-nt and noble place. It ia in two compartments, and 

 oovera 'J.Vacre.s. We first make our way to the vineries. The 

 first block is 00 feet long and 17 feet wide, in two divisions. 

 The first division had all Black Hamburgha in fine condition. 

 The Grapes were well coloured, the letries of more than 



