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STATISTICS OF GARDENING. 



Part IV. 



Welljleld House, — near Builth ; D. Thomas, Esq. A neat I 

 modern house ; the grounds containing some flourishing young I 

 plantations. 



7611 MONTGOMERYSHIRE. A surface of 

 dant, fertile, and wooded. Some of the vales are 

 residences. 



Wi wtorvn Hall, — near Newtown ; Sir John Pryse. A finely 

 ■wooded park of considerable extent. 



Dodfach, — near Llanfyllin ; B. Lloyd, Esq. A good man- 

 sion, and the grounds greatly improved by the late owner, 

 who was the greatest planter in the county, having planted 60 

 acres with 904,000 trees. 



Ponys Castle, — near Welch Pool ; Earl Powis. A castel- 

 lated mansion of red sandstone, situated on the ridge of a 

 rock, the entrance by an ancient gateway, between two massy 

 circular towers. The ascent by two immense terraces rising 

 one above another, connected by steps, and ornamented by 



7612. MERIONETHSHIRE. A much admired and romantic surface of 500,000 acres ; abounding in 

 streams, rocks, and ruined castles ; but with few residences of wealthy proprietors, and consequently 

 little display of gardening. 



Maeslough, — near Paine's Castle ; W- Wilkins, Esq. A re- 

 spectable structure ; the grounds watered by the Wye, and 

 their position extremely beautiful. 



500,000 acres ; generally mountainous, but ver- 

 beautiful ; and there are many fit situations for 



vases, statues, and other antique remains. There were hang- 

 ing gardens, in imitation of those of St. Germains, composed 

 of a series of terraces, connected by flights of steps cut out of 

 the solid rock, with water-works, &c. ; but these are now 

 altered, or, like every thing else here, going rapidly to decay. 

 The park is much varied by nature, and combines turf as 

 smooth, close, and green, as the finest lawn, blended with 

 broken ground, rocks, and rough thickets of thorns and oaks. 

 It contained much old timber, but great part of this has been 

 lately felled. 



Nannaw. — near Dolgelly ; Sir R. W- Vaughan. A sub- 

 stantial and elegant structure in a well wooded park, with fine 

 prospects, and remarkable for a small herd of deer, which 

 make venison of a superior flavor. There is a good kitchen- 

 garden, but the present proprietor is chiefly attached to agri- 

 culture, and is considered a good corn-farmer, and tolerable 

 breeder. 



Tan-y-Bnlck Hall, —near Dolgelly; Oakley, Esq. 



An elegant villa in a lawn, at the bottom of a hill, surrounded 

 by pleasure grounds tastefully disposed, and containing a good 

 kitchen-garden. 



Dol-y-Myllynllyn, — near Dolgelly ; — 



, late 



the property of W. A. Maddocks, Esq. A cottage as roman- 

 tically situated on the side of a wooded hill as can well be 

 imagined, with a fine mountain stream at the door, and hard 

 bye, one of the most remarkable waterfalls in Wales. 



Tremadoc House, — near Tremadoc ; late the property of 

 W. A. Maddocks, Esq. A cottage villa on a protuberant 

 lawn, near the base of a hill side, surrounded by thriving 

 plantations, commanding fine views of Trafh-mawer, the scene 

 of extensive embanking operations, unfortunately abortive for 

 w ant of means. 



7613. BRECONSHIRE A surface of 512,000 acres, entirely mountainous, with the exception of 

 some of the narrow valleys ; in general it is terra damnata as to every branch of gardening, excepting 

 planting. 



Cyfartha, — near Merthyr Tydvill; William Crawshaw, Esq. 

 The hot-house department of the kitchen-garden extensive, 

 and the pine-apple extensively and successfully cultivated. 



Dan-y-Park, — near Crickhowel ; E. Kendel, Esq. A good 

 house, with a meadow and some rising grounds formed into an 

 agreeable park, bordered by the Usk. The kitchen-garden 

 contains some substantial cast-iron hot-houses. 



Llaiigard Castle, — near Builth; J. Macnamara, Esq. A 



7614. CAERMARTHENSHIRE A surface of 228,000 acres ; fruitful in corn and grass, and the least 

 hilly of any county in South Wales. 



new mansion commenced, and other improvements in pro- 

 gress. According to Malkin (Scenery of Sjoiiih Wales, &c. 

 251.), this place may, and probably will, be one of the first in 

 Wales. 



Penpont House, — near Brecknock ; P. Williams, Esq. A 

 respectable mansion, with a finelv wooded park, watered by 

 the Usk. 



Henllys, — near Llandovery ; Col. Williams. The grounds 

 occupv'both sides of the river Tywi, and are connected by a 

 foot-bridge, raised upon two projecting rocks, and of a con- 

 struction that harmonises with the wild and romantic charac- 

 ter of the scene. 



Abermarlais, — near Llandovery; Admiral Foley. A mo- 

 dern house in a small park, but which contains some good trees 

 and picturesque views. 



Edtvinsford, — near Llandeilo ; Sir J. H. Williams. The 

 mansion and grounds exhibit an appearance of magnificence, 

 and contain a lofty avenue, which serves as an approach. 



Taliaris, — near Llandeilo ; Lord K. Seymour. Low, flat 

 ground, but well wooded. 



Nen-ton House, — near Llandeilo ; Lord Dynevor. A plain 

 square building, with a small turret surmounting each 



angle, in a park comprising a considerable extent of ground, 

 and exhibiting, perhaps, a richer display of picturesque 

 beauty than any spot of equal size in the kingdom. The 

 scene is finely described by Dyer in his poem of Grongar 

 Hill : — 



" Gaudy as the opening dawn 

 Lies a long and level lawn," &c. 



Golden Grove, — near Llaadilo ; Lord Cawdor. An indif- 

 ferent house on low grounds, lately begun to be planted and 

 improved. The kitchen-garden and hot-houses are extensive, 

 and well attended to. 



Middleton Hull, — near Llandilo ; Sir W- Paxton. One of 

 the most splendid mansions in South Wales, by Cockrell ; the 

 grounds finely planted, and containing an elegant prospect- 

 tower, and a good kitchen-garden. 



Sect. III. Scotland. 



7615. The surface of Scotland is estimated at 18,944,000 acres, in three natural 

 divisions. The first lies north of the chain of Highland lakes, which stretch from 

 Murray to Mull, and consists of little else than dreary mountains and some moors ; the 

 second, or middle division, extends from this chain of lakes to the rivers Forth and 

 Clyde ; it is mountainous, but cultivated in the valleys and on the eastern shore to a con- 

 siderable extent ; the remaining division is covered by hills with some mountains, but 

 everywhere cultivated or improvable, and highly favorable for most branches of gar- 

 dening. The country-residences of Scotland are almost entirely confined to the two last 

 divisions ; in general they excel those of England in the prominence of their natural 

 features, being generally backed by hills or mountains ; encompassed by a river or 

 stream ; or situated on a lake, or the sea-shore. But they are inferior to those of the 

 south in magnificence, and even in taste, bq.th as to architecture and landscape-garden- 

 ing. The gardeners of Scotland have long been in esteem for skill and assiduity in their 

 profession ; they excel in the culture and general management of the kitchen-garden, 

 those of a certain rank, as Neill has observed, being generally kept in much better order ; 

 and at less expense than gardens of the same kind and rank in England. 



7616. The garden-productions in which Scotland excels are, turnips, potatoes, straw- 

 berries, raspberries, and gooseberries. In fruits, Scotland does not excel, nor can this 

 be the case till the practice of producing a dessert be more common among the ordinary 

 "•entry of the country than it is, or was ten years ago. A dessert is rare among the 

 middling classes ; and fruit pies or cider are quite unknown to the operative inhabit- 

 ants. The most extraordinary gardening exertions which have been made in Scotland 

 are in the planting department, and chiefly in the middle division of the country, which 

 already begins to assume a new and sylvan character. The cottage-gardens are generally 

 carefully cropped with the more common vegetables, and form a useful appendage to the 

 laborer's dwelling. The farmers' gardens are rather neglected. 



