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sold to the Earl of Nottingham. He rebuilt the house, and 

 enclosed the park with a wall six miles in circumference. 



The mansion, of which we give an illustration of the south 

 view, is a Doric building, one of the finest in England. The 

 terrace in front is 300 yards long, with a walk 27 feet wide 

 down the middle the whole length. At the east end is a 

 flower garden, and another at the west end, of which we give 

 illustrations further on. Near to the west end of the man- 

 sion are some very handsome trees and shrubs ; we will notice 

 a few. In the first place there are some fine bushes of 

 Portugal Laurels, 20 feet high ; then there are two very fine 

 plants of Araucaria imbricata, 18 feet high, in good health ; 

 a plant of Magnolia, 12 feet high, a fine bush ; a Welling- 

 tonia gigantea, 30 feet high, growing well ; a Cryptomeria 

 japonica, 40 feet high ; a grand plant of variegated Holly, 

 30 feet ; an Evergreen Oak, 20 feet ; and Arbutus Andrachne, 



or Oriental Strawberry Tree, a fine bush 20 feet high. The 

 most remarkable cucumstance about this species of Arbutus 

 is, that in spring it sheds its old bark, and the young bark 

 at first is green, then whitish, afterwards changing to different 

 shades of brown, but on the approach of winter it becomes red. 

 Young plants are rather tender, and they should always be 

 planted where they are protected from north winds. Grow- 

 ing here are also a fine tree of deciduous Cypress, Taxodium 

 distichum, about 30 feet high, and many other fine trees and 

 shrubs, which all seem to flourish, although the situation is 

 high and somewhat exposed. 



Under the terrace wall is a long border 3 feet wide, which in 

 summer is planted in the ribbon style. On this wall are 

 trained flowei'ing shrubs, such as Eoses, Clematises, and Mag- 

 nolias. Near this, on an east wall, is a fine specimen of that 

 grand plant for spring flowering. Wistaria sinensis, which 



EDELEY-ON-THE-HILL (From a iihotcgraph ly Coasias & Priest, London Eoad, (iiautliami. 



covers a space 60 feet long. In the distance are seen from 

 this terrace two large fish ponds, one nine and the other about 

 twelve acres. Between these ponds and the mansion in the 

 valley there are some very fine Oaks, some measuring 16 and 

 18 feet in circumference. In the woods there are many miles 

 of drives and walks, which are bordered with healthy plants of 

 Laurels and Rhododendrons. 



The steep descent in front of the terrace was at one time 

 cut into five or six terraces supported by brick walls ; if these 

 walls had been of stone and highly finished, I have no doubt 

 they would have added dignity to the mansion, but being of 

 red brick I consider they were very properly removed, and the 

 present noble terrace wall put in place of them. Below the 

 terrace wall is an open space of grass which slopes down to 

 the woods in the valley. 



We wiU now retrace our steps to the north side of the 

 mansion. Here is placed the principal entrance, which is, 

 more properly speaking, a work of art. There is a spacious 

 court surrounded by a colonnade, together about eight acres, 

 five acres being kept as lawn, and three acres as gravel walks 

 and colonnade. A stranger visiting Burley for the first time 

 from the north-east lodge, is surprised to find such fine views 

 as burst upon him when he passes this colonnade. The sur- 

 rounding country to the north and east, being somewhat flat, 

 it gives no promise of such magnificent views. Hence Burley 



is grand in the point of contrail. Here the trees have been 

 planted so as to shut-out Oakham and the Leicestershii-e hills, 

 and in passing this point the view is unexpected. 



At the east end of the house is placed Mrs. Finch's flower 

 garden (see page 470), of which one half is represented in the 

 engraving, the other half corresponding. This was very gay 

 with spring flowers. The materials employed were nothing 

 uncommon, but the effect produced was very pleasing. The 

 planting was as follows : — 



1. Red Van Thol Tulips, ven' good. 



2. Boee-shaded ditto ditto 



3. White ditto ditto 



4. Scarlet ditto ditto 



5. Centre Amy Hyacinth, crimson, 

 dwarf and pretty ; two rows of white 

 Hyacinth La PuceUe d'OrKaus. 



Adjoining the house at the west end is placed Mr. Finch's 

 flower garden (see page 471), which was also gay with spring 

 flowers planted as follows : — 



G. Centre Hyacinth Flcnr d'Or, 

 yellow; two rows of Hyacinth 

 Unique, darl: pnrple. 



7. Scarlet and rose-akadad Tulips. 



8. Aubrietia purpm-ea. The test 

 for massing. 



9. DouWe Tournesol Tulips. 



1. Tournesol Tulips in centre. Two 



rows of Scarlet Van Thol, one 

 row of rose-shaded. 



2. Aubrietia purpurea, with broad 



edging of Golden Feather, which 

 stands the winter here well. 



3. Red and yellow Van Thol Tulips. 



4. Amy Hyacinth, crimson and 



dwarf, edged with one row of 

 white Hyacinth La Pucelle 

 d'Orleans. 



5. Fleur d'Or, yellow Hyacinth, 



edged with one row of Unique 

 Hyacinth, dark purple. 



Towards the west end of the principal terrace there is 



