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Barndoor owl. Linnet. 



Spotted fly-catcher. Bullfinch. 



Missel and the song thrush. Starling. 



Blackbird. Carrion crow. 



Hedge sparrow. Jackdaw. 



Robin. Green woodpecker. 



Sedge and reed warblers. Tree creeper. 



Black-cap. Wren. 



White-throat. Nuthatch. 



The great, blue, and cole tits. Swallow. 



Pied wagtail. Ring, turtle, and stock doves. 



Common bunting. Pigeon. 



House sparrow. Moorhen. 



Greenfinch. Lesser grebe. 



The part of the Park fenced off and known as the 

 Wilderness is quiet and undisturbed ; there under the 

 big trees, among long grass and bracken, the young fawns 

 are reared every year. They are most confiding and 

 tame — those in the Park too much so ; for they are only 

 too ready to eat what is given them, and tragic deaths 

 from a surfeit of orange-peel or such-like delights are 

 the result. 



The lake is prettily planted, and red marliac varieties 

 of water-lilies now float on the surface in the summer. 

 The dell, planted with a large collection of flowering 

 shrubs, is well arranged, and many choice varieties, 

 Solanum crispum^ g^"^ cistus, magnolias, Buddlea inter- 

 media^ Indigofera gerardiana floribunda, and such-like are 

 doing well. The frame-ground is most unostentatious, 

 and it is satisfactory to see how much can be produced. 

 The climate allows of the spring bedding plants and 

 hardy chrysanthemums for autumn being raised out of 

 doors; and the small amount of glass shelters the standard 

 heliotropes, Streptosolens Jamesoni^ and the like for bedding. 

 Lilies do well in the open ; superbum^ tiger, thun- 



