382 Bemarks on various English Gardens. 



large and fine palms ; but the whole is pretty well kept. Some 

 large and beautiful American plants are standing in the open 

 air, and also a fine specimen of Illicium floridanum, some 

 2'hea viridis, and a Baptisia nepalensis (Thermopsis), without 

 any protection. This garden or pleasure-ground has some 

 fine parts along the banks of the Thames. 



St, Anne's Hill (the Hon. Mrs. Fox). — Here are some 

 good parts ; there is a beautiful and splendid grotto, and some 

 fine American plants, which are kept in good order. 



The Gold-worth Nursery. — In Mr. Donald's nursery at 

 Woking, I saw a very large and pretty well kept collection 

 of fruit and forest trees, and also of American plants. The 

 trees are in excellent health, and the immense quantities of 

 some kinds of forest trees cultivated here is surprising. 



Watere)-'s Nursery, Knap Hill. — About two miles from Mr. 

 Donald's nursery is that of Messrs. Waterer, which contains 

 the largest and finest collection of American plants I ever saw. 

 Much as I was delighted with Messrs. Loddiges' palm-house, 

 I was equally so here in the midst of the finest rhododen- 

 drons and azaleas, which grow in abundance from self-sown 

 seeds. As a proof of their perfection, I may mention that I 

 observed an Azalea aurantia, which is generally a slow grower, 

 with some branches of last year, each of which was at least 

 5 ft. long. I much regret not to have seen them in flower ; it 

 must be such a delightful show, and one perhaps no where else 

 to be met with in Europe. Every amateur should visit this 

 place in the months of May and June. 



In Bagshot Park I was much pleased. In particular I was 

 struck with the extraordinary neatness and cleanliness in which 

 it is kept. The American plants are in a beautiful state, and 

 many rhododendrons are very well distributed in the masses of 

 large trees. The pleasure-ground is embellished with some 

 well executed seats ; and the whole laying out would show a 

 perfect good taste, had the flower masses been united with 

 the shrubbery, as in the little plan t send you of the Johanis- 

 berg pleasure-ground.* Mr. Toward is an enthusiastic gar- 

 dener and naturalist, and has a fine herbarium. 



Hie Grange. — I was curious to see the famous conservatory 

 at the Grange, and it completely fulfilled my expectations. I do 

 not think that any conservatory is executed with more splen- 

 dour, and it is a striking proof of the great wealth of the Eng- 

 lish. Although the house is of a considerable height, the plants 

 had filled the whole space so thickly that Mr. M'Arthur was 



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