\IH.-t.\l. 









.rinof t! - 'or Sutheil.ind. 



whi- ilir arrangement 



(am-lling .iri- thi- tenures. 

 I t i Hu- It.ili.iii garden 



: liner 



iiere \M- tinJ (.lipjv.il 



- in tubs, statuary, trim 



! t.i.mtams. The 



slat.; I' - ;s already allu leJ toiN.it 



tin- 1 i nt tin- great garden, .it the 



I.ik<-. anJ troin this point, 



tlu- intervening spa> e 



ther, -v lino vuw ot tin- massue 



hou 



I ph-.i-.tiro grounds cover ab ut 

 . .in I adjoin the formal 

 gaidi -.IN. .ut irJin^. in.! I Jon con- 



as we pass iri.m uno to the other, 

 anJ awakening, peilnps in some a 

 pleasant lieling of repose. Hero many 

 improvements li.we been m.iJe in recent 

 years In particular. gr.iNs\ Blades have 

 been op.-ned mil wher.- tvloro there w as 

 much crowding of buslK-s, and this 

 work :> conducted with the rij'.ht 



purpose of ili->cl*>in^ the beaut 

 inJiviJu.il shrubs :<nJ Join^ away w th 

 t ingleJ confu^i MI ! oito.t. 



luii HI/ to tiio i mht, w t - p.i-N - 11 very line beech t 



^ly haiulsomo in their spreading. U.itv ^-.. \\tli and 



bending branches, which sweep the ground, ;inJ h.uo in SMIIK- 



ted. Pu.-Niiin^ our wiy further, we pass through very 



interesting \\o Oland to ro.uh the mutiumi-nt on the knoll at 



Tilt -octod to the memory ol tlie lir-t I hike "I 



Sutherland. 



Charming then, indred. are the wooded stri-t.li 

 the left. Here are groups ut cli-iice rlnklo Jondn>iis. which 

 luxuriate in the soil. t i!eliht beholders in the first 

 summer days \v ,t!i their \vo.iltii <'. llo\\i-is and varied 

 beauty. In this | art of the ^round.% .it Trentlrim tiio 

 arrangement is all of the landscape character. The 

 groups of bushes are arranged \\itli natural a.|\\t. the 

 greensward here creeping up to them, and again falling 

 back, and then there is an expanse of simple lawn. 

 followed by other rhododendrons, so that we are 

 with equal charm and variety. 





1HH 



OF BENVLMI.i (.EUIM. 









But rhododendrons are not a predomm int feature. Then- 

 are many very hoautitul holhes. fine in their lolmu . -Itect. siuh 

 as the Ciolden ( x )tieon, Milkmaid, and H<>dgkinsi. Tl.i-n. 

 again, we ha\e gl-niou> groups of hardy a/aloa- t di\> | 

 tin- scone. Irentham i ruh. to.i. in Japanese maples, \\h-ise 

 i 'lour, \ar\ing tvtweeii bright gieen .in. I Jr.-p crims !), is \i-ry 

 handsome. But uo might goon n iting variety alter variety 

 from among the groat collection in th-- gaidt-ns and pleasure 

 grounds, while the park is distinguished tor splendid t 

 singly and in groups, and tlieie are line cedars o| Lebanon n.-.ir 

 tlie h 



It is the g -i.l fortune of Trontham to !v splen li.lly main- 

 tained, and t'> exhibit ahk.- the highest skill ol tlie : 

 art and, in its p.uk of 400 acres, the capable hand ut the hi 

 uoo.li raft. The M--it ir to the pl.i.i- C0m aw.iy \vitli the 

 tl-.'i'.ight that he has si-en in every departm-. lit, whether it ! 

 flower, truit, or ornamental tree, the best the country can 

 I i oduce. In the great conservatory he lias f um I t.u- ch. 



growths in wonderful peilec- 

 tion. Hlsewhero he ha 

 eyes ,,:i s;' iv miens <i| th.- 

 Calville Blanche apple, in ; 

 brought from I'ansat the time 

 't tl'eg-. I' 'utMii.and yet 

 producing bounteous harvests 

 vear by \<ar of this o|J 

 variety. In the orchid h 

 he has found a feast of in- 

 terest and a dream of colour. 

 He has noted on the roof of 

 one house a great white 

 lapageria, whuh has K-en 

 known to produce in 

 day as many as J.ooo of its, 

 waxy, white, bell shaped 

 tloAers. M. walked 



through acres of . 

 and has Men thousands of 

 i a mat ions, chr \sant hern: 

 and other varieties innumer- 

 able. The riM-s h.i\e Iven 

 a feast ol delight, and he 

 leaves beautiful Irentham 

 bohnd with the prayer that 

 the smoke of the T 

 may never gather volume to 

 blight its charm. 





