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he recommended were never created. New ones have been 

 planted, chiefly in tlie low grounds, and the effects are very- 

 bad. 



The lawn in front of the mansion is probably nearly as 

 Mr. R. left it, and is truly magnificent. Among the trees, I 

 will mention a couple of Cedars of Lebanon, sixty feet in 

 height, hemlock, spruce, American arbor-vitas, tulip tree, and 

 locusts full grown, oaks, chesnuts, larches, &c., of immense 

 size, and all sweeping the turf gracefully with their lower 

 branches. 



The mansion fronts nearly south, and has the lower meer, 

 two miles of the park, and from four to eight miles of land, 

 beyond, forming the middle ground in the picture. The dis- 

 tance takes in a range of hills fifteen miles distant, belonging 

 to the same proprietor ; and he can truly say " I am lord of 

 all I survey," notwithstanding there is a range of low land 

 nine miles distant belonging to another. 



On the north side of the flower garden is the conservatory, 

 containing a rare collection of large and choice plants. The 

 conservatory wall is covered with Magnolia grandiflora, and 

 other tender and half-hardy plants. On the west is the gar- 

 den wall, leaving the flower garden open to the south. 



The walks and flower beds in the flower garden are in 

 gentle and irregular curves, leaving the gigantic Portugal 

 laurels, rhododendrons and yews where Mr. Repton planted 

 them ; the flowers are grouped in masses by themselves, and 

 are not well arranged nor well cultivated. The greenhouses, 

 peach-house, grape-house, pine-pits, &c., are on a gigantic 

 scale, and in the most approved manner. 



I spent a day and a half in rambling over this park, with 

 Mr. John Dwerrhouse, the gardener, and if the readers of my 

 long description are half as much interested as I was, I shall 

 be amply recompensed for writing it. 



PUBLIC PARKS. 



Manchester has three public parks, which were provided 

 by public subscriptions, and are a great credit to the city. 

 They are situated on the east, west, and north sides of the 



