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the place is examined the more is the first impression confirmed. A fire, 

 which happened in 1810, laid half the building in ruins, and in that state 

 it still remains. The walls of the kitchen-garden, all the pleasure-ground, 

 which bears some interesting marks of the old style of art, and the ruins 

 of a hot-house, built in the Dutch style, with oak rafters of ample dimen- 

 sions, still remain. A temporary abode for the proprietor during his occa- 

 sional visits has been formed by additions to a cottage, to which are appended 

 a small piece of modern shrubbery and a pond; for pleasure-ground to 

 a gentleman is a necessary of life. The church is particularly interesting 

 from the antiquity and excellence of its family monuments. The park 

 is extensive, but dreary; it is deficient in timber, especially near the 

 roads, and in water; the latter is confined in detached ponds, formed 

 by throwing dams across hollows, and is not managed with any reference 

 to general effect, The whole place forms a fine scene for some future 

 improver. 



At Grantham is one of the largest manufactories in England, for agri- 

 cultural implements, by Seaman and Hornsby; and an extensive iron- 

 mongery warehouse and ma- 

 nufactory, by Messrs. Rodgers 

 and Shipman. We looked 

 over their premises, and took 

 sketches of the following 

 articles: — A cast-iron frame 

 for a grindstone {^g- 145.), 

 which any person wishing to 

 grind an instrument may turn 

 for himself, by operating with 

 his foot on the treadle («), 

 and which frame can be ad- 

 justed to a small or large grindstone, or altered as the stone wears out, from 

 the construction of the support for the gud- 

 geon (b) ; a loose shield of sheet iron (c) is 

 used to protect the operator from the water 

 thrown off by the wheel when in motion. A 

 daisy rake {J^g. 146.); iron measure for filling 

 sacks with corn (Jig. 147.); steel-yard and 

 iron frame for weighing sacks (/g. 148.) ; and guard for 147 



single trees, and small groups of two or three trees, or 

 a tree and shrub planted in one 

 hole (^g, 149.), We never before 

 saw Such expensive and durable 

 fences for single trees. They can only be wanted for 

 very particular situations ; for in most parts of England 

 trees niay be got and planted, which will succeed per- 

 fectly well, of such a size as to admit 149 

 1^8 of protection by tying round them a 

 few rods, laths, or thorn bushes, and 

 wrapping them round with straw or 

 with shoots of bramble, or working a 

 wicker case on them. The adoption 

 of either of these modes is on the supposition, that the 

 tree is closely cut in, or that if the situation is exposed, 

 and the head entire, or nearly so, the stem must be tied to 

 a stake. We are aware of the common assertion, that 

 single trees cannot be grown in exposed situations, or that 

 sufficiently large trees cannot be got, &c. ; but we know, 

 from many years' experience, that the first is only an 

 excuse for planting unsightly lumpish clumps to nurse up 



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