136 Observations on several Gardens 



would have been carried to a high pitch, as is evident from 

 the extensive conservatories and pleasure-grounds that were 

 on the eve of being produced. On the whole, every thing 

 seemed to have been conducted in a liberal and systematic 

 manner, combining elegance with use. 



De/ifor d Place, ?tearHimge7yord, //le Residence of Cherry, 



Esq. — June 23. A small, well kept place, the kitchen-garden 

 well enclosed. The wall trees here, particularly peaches, have 

 nearly been destroyed by blight within the last two years. The 

 soil a stiff loam, with a cold wet bottom, which has no doubt 

 contributed greatly to their destruction. 



The park has been much improved by the planting of a 

 number of young oak trees from 20 to 30 ft. high, which 

 were removed during last autumn and spring from a planta- 

 tion about a mile distant, a method very similar to Sir Henry 

 Steuart's being adopted. The soil from which they were 

 taken is a good loam. One of the trees measured, at 1 ft. 

 from the ground, 3 ft. 10 in. in circumference, and yet they now 

 exhibit no signs of having received the least check. A Scotch 

 pine had also been removed, which, although the tree is about 

 20 ft. in height, looks not a whit the worse : the expense 

 amounted to nearly double Sir Henry Steuart's statement. 



Chilton Lodge, near Chilton, the Residence of John Pearse, 

 Esq. — June 24. A good kitchen-garden, and neat pleasure- 

 grounds. The kitchen-gardens contain a fine range of 

 graperies, and a neat peach-house, in which were some of the 

 finest peaches I have seen this season, now ripe, and weighing 

 from 7^ to 9 ounces each. The trees are planted inside the 

 house, and trained on a wire trellis, about 14 in. from the 

 glass. It is heated by a common flue, which also heats a 

 mushroom-house behind. 



Littlecot Park, the Seat of Gcnet'al Popham. — June 24. 

 This is a well wooded park of varied surface ; the gardens 

 neatly kept. The walls are well filled, and there are some 

 superior apricot trees. The peach and nectarine trees had 

 suffered greatly from mildew this season, consequently the 

 crop was below an average one. I observed a good collection 

 of pines, grown mostly in frames ; also an excellent crop of 

 grapes and peaches. The peach-houses have lately been 

 heated by hot water^ which Mr. Wall has found to answer 

 well. 



Tottenham Parh, the Residence of the Marquess of Aylesbury. 

 — June 25. A widely extended demesne, including Marl- 

 borough Forest, thi'ough which eight avenues are cut, diverg- 

 ing from one common centre. Much has of late been done 



