256 LORD GRENVILLE'S GROUNDS. 



" I here enjoy a more profound retirement. All 

 is calm and composed, and this contributes, no 

 less than the clear air and unclouded sky, to that 

 health of body and cheerfulness of mind, which I 

 particularly enjoy here/' 



Horace, also, expressed his desire of possessing 

 a garden, and a small portion of ground. 



Hoc erat in votis : modus agri non ita magnus ; 

 Hortus ubi, et tecto vicinus jugis aquae fons, 

 Et paulum silvae super his foret. 



It would be endless to attempt an enumeration 

 of the many celebrated men of our own country 

 who have taken pleasure in the cultivation of a 

 garden. I will, therefore, only refer to a few. 



Those who have been at Dropmore, will have 

 seen a proof of the fine taste of the late Lord Gren- 

 ville, who converted an almost barren heath into 

 one of the most charming gardens and pleasure- 

 grounds imaginable. Here Deodara cedars, arau- 

 carias, and many rare and beautiful pines, may 

 be seen in great perfection, and a great variety 

 of curious plants. Every opportunity was taken 

 of preserving in the demesne the wilder beauties of 

 the situation ; the woods and plantations flourished 

 under the immediate hands and pruning hook of 

 the Right Honourable Thomas Grenville, while 

 the Flower Gardens plainly told what of their 

 great beauty they owed to the guiding care and 

 judgment of their noble mistress. 



