THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE 



DECEMBER, 1849. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Notes of a Visit to Oatlands, Hempstead, L. /., N. 

 Y., the residence of D. F. Manice, Esq. By the Editor. 



Oatlands, the residence of Mr. Manice, is situated on the 

 main road from Brooklyn to Hempstead, about four miles 

 from Jamaica, and less than a mile from the station of the 

 Long Island Railroad at Brushville. The location is on a 

 level plain, without prospect, and has but few natural ad- 

 vantages for a country residence. The soil is also light, and 

 rather sandy, and consequently not so well adapted to all de- 

 scriptions of trees and shrubs, as most places of similar ex- 

 tent; but, to make up for the absence of all these, the pro- 

 prietor has brought to his assistance all the means and appli- 

 ances of taste and art, and has thus made his residence, 

 saving one thing, a commanding prospect, all that could be 

 desired, and more than many, far better located, can claim. 



The grounds extend over fifty-six acres, eighteen of which 

 are covered with a natural and dense growth of oaks, ashes, 

 elms, &c., which have been judiciously thinned out, and now 

 form a fine park, in the rear of the house. The remainder, 

 including the flower garden, orchard, pleasure ground, &c., 

 is grass and tillage land. The house is a handsome building. 

 in a kind of castellated gothic, standing about fifty feet from 

 the road, with the conservatory and hothouse, and flower 

 garden on the left, — the kitchen garden and forcing-houses 

 on the right, — and the lawn and pleasure ground, in the rear 

 of the house, separating it from the park. The approach is 



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