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north >uU\ and some new rooms to the west have been added. 



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Of the useful and modern appendages to this House, the draw- 



ing can irivi- 



little idea: the more essential part of Landscape 

 Gardening is apt to be overlooked in the general attention to the 



i< l mosque, which has often little affinity with the more im 

 poriml objects of comfort, convenience, and accommodation.* 



• In speaking of Harlestonc Park, I cannot omit mentioning a remarkable fact con- 

 nected with its im p rovem ent This Park abounded in large Oaks, irregularly scattered 

 over its uneven surface, but amongst them were every where intermixed many very 

 tall Elms, not all planted in avenues, but some in single rows, casting their long sha- 

 dows over the lawn, oppressing the venerable Oaks by their more lofty growth, 

 and spreading shade and gloom over the surface of the Park. I could not help ob- 

 serving that the greatest improvement of which the place seemed capable might be 



deemed too bold for me to adv 



less than the removal of almost all 



the Kims to shew the Oak 



and diffuse suns! line over the lawn 



A few days after 



having delivered this opinion, on the 10th of November, 1810, a furious storm of wind 

 tore up by the roots eighty-seven of the largest Elms, and only one Oak ; producing 

 exactly the effect of improvement which I had anticipated, but had not dared to re- 



commend 



This occurrence is recorded on a tablet inscribed— GEN IO LOCI 





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