122 Notices of' Gardens and Country Seats. 



Pendarves ; Edward WiUiam Wyivie Pendarvcs, Esq. (son to the late 

 John Stackhouse, Esq., who, some years since, took the name of Pendarves). 

 — The present proprietor has greatly improved this place, by extending the 

 grounds, and giving them a park-like appearance ; also by altering the ap- 

 proach on the south-west, and adding another at the north-east; which, with 

 many acres of new plantations, adds considerably to the beauty of the place. 

 The mansion has, also, been much enlarged, and, situated as it is on an emi- 

 nence, presents a striking appearance when approaching it from the south- 

 west. 



TeJiidi/ Park ; Lord De Dunstanvillc. — His Lordship is a great planter, and, 

 with the assistance of the pinaster, or cluster pine, has succeeded greatly in 

 raising plantations on the bleak parts of the estate. 



Trevetliow ; Pracd, Ksq. — This seat is worthy of notice on account 



of its antiquity. It stands on the west side of the river Hayle, near St. Ives, 

 and is a place of considerable extent. The late Mr. Praed, I am informed, 

 first introduced the pinaster into Cornwall. 



SCOTLAND. 



Moncricff House, the Seat of Sir David Moncricjf, is situated about a 

 mile to the east of the public road leading from Perth to Edinburgh, and is 

 distant about three miles from the former town. This estate includes a large 

 portion of the tongue of land formed by the junction of the rivers Tay and 

 Erne. A range of hills, commencing at the jiuiction of these rivers, extends 

 from east to west, in a direction nearl}' parallel with the Erne: these gradually 

 diminish in height as they extend to the westward, and are finally lost in the 

 plain. Immediately to the north of the house, is the highest hill of the range, 

 named Moncrieff Hill : the greater part of which is clothed with wood, as are 

 the other hills extending to the east and west, in the immediate vicinity. The 

 foreground descends gradually, with gentle undulations, from the house to the 

 river Erne; and the greater part of it consists of grass land, interspersed with 

 trees and plantations. The soil of these grounds is of various kinds, but all 

 of them productive. 



The house is an old square building, four stories high. An approach from 

 the south has been made, which leaves the public road at the village of Dum- 

 barny, or Bridge of Erne, and passes along the Old Bridge onward in a 

 winding direction to the house. 



The kitchen-garden is situated at a short distance to the eastward of the 

 house; and the hill rises abru])tly behind it. The form is a parallelogram, en- 

 closed with a rubble wall of whinstone; and it contains about two acres of 

 ground. It has been long famous for producing excellent peaches. In 1824, an 

 addition of more than an acre was made to the east end of the old garden ; and 

 it was enclosed on the north and east sides with a very neat wall, 10 ft. high, 

 built of tooled freestone. At the eastern extremity of this addition stands 

 the gardener's house; from which a sunk fence extends all the way to the 

 mansion-house, enclosing a number of acres in the front of the kitchen-gar- 

 den ; the whole of which is intended to serve as a flower-garden and shrubbery. 

 The soil and situation render this a place peculiarly well adapted for either. 

 The collection of exotic plants at Moncrieff) considered as a private collection, 

 is superior to those of most places. In the kitchen-garden is a neat conser- 

 vatory, of an octagonal form, 4.5 ft. diameter, with a stove on the east, and 

 vinery on the west, the length of each of which is 33 ft. Upon a steep bank 

 to the north, and adjoining the garden, is an enclosed space, with a range of 

 pine and melon pits, about 15.?ft. in length. 



Adjacent to the house are two fine specimens of the horscchestnut ; one of 

 which, in 1825, measured 15 ft. in circumference at the height of 3 ft. from 

 the ground ; and near it is a walnut, evidently planted at the same time, which, 

 at 3 ft. from the ground, measured 13 ft. in circumference. This horsechest- 

 nut is, probabi)', not only one of the largest, but at the same time one of the 

 oldest, in North Britain. The greater part of the plantations upon this estate 



