220 Descriptive Notice of Hcndon Rectory^ 



beehive, with one of Niitt's boxes attached to the side ; it con- 

 tains plants and canaiy birds. 



By a master-mind and a liberal outlay of money, Garnons 

 might be made a beautiful place, for Nature has freely distributed 

 many of her choicest gifts about it : even now, there is much to 

 admire; although it is to be regretted that a fondness of novelty, 

 and an injudicious extension of the grounds beyond the means 

 allowed for keeping them in good order, have caused an evident 

 falling off in the appearance of the garden and grounds generally. 



Moccas Court is pleasantly situated on the south bank of the 

 river Wye. The house is of brick, spacious, and })ossessing a 

 considerable share of architectural beauty. Since the decease 

 of the late pi'oprietor. Sir George Cornwall, Bart., it has been 

 in the occupation of his widow. The gardens have never been 

 well managed since I had any knowledge of the place, and they 

 are now in a deplorably neglected condition. 



The principal object of my visit was to see the celebrated 

 *•' weeping oak ; " but, as it grows at some distance from the man- 

 sion, I was obliged to return ungratified. There is, however, 

 in the pleasure grounds " a worthy scion of the noble stock," 

 some 30 or 40 feet high, and, perhaps, 1 ft. in diameter of trunk: 

 this tree differs greatly in habit from the common oak, its spray 

 being decidedly pendent, but much less so than that of the weep- 

 ing abh oi' the weeping willow. 



Some years ago, a valuable dessert apple, to which the name 

 of Cornwall pippin has been given, was raised from seed at this 

 place. The appearance of the fruit induces the supposition 

 that its parents were the golden Harvey and the golden pippin, 

 but its real origin is unknown. — October 12. 1837. 



Art. II. Descriptive Notice of Hendon Rectory, the Residence of 

 the Rev. Theodore Williams, xvith a List of the Pinetiim in Pots 

 kept in the Gardens there. By the Conductor. 



This residence is selected in order to show what may be 

 effected on a very small spot by the choice of trees and shrubs 

 of a superior description, by the distribution of green-house 

 plants in tubs and pots, and also by combining the gardenesque 

 with the picturesque. There is nothing remarkable in the art or 

 taste displayed in laying out this place ; that having been done 

 before the present occupier, the Rev. Theodore Williams, had 

 acquired a taste for botany and gardening. On the other hand, 

 the selection of the plants grown in pots, boxes, and vases, and 

 their disposition on the lawn ; the kinds of trees and shrubs 

 planted in the masses and gi-oups ; and the manner in which these 

 are managed ; display the greatest taste, and a degree of care and 

 high keeping in the management, which is very rarely to be met 



