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cultivated, and beautifully dressed throughout. It inf linos, for the most 

 part, lo the West iiiid South-Wcst (wswiilly the most stormy points in 

 this ishiu(l), and, by consciiucncc, the exjKJsure to the winds is very con- 

 siderable. This we consider as an additional advantage ; as, whatever 

 experiments were made, the transplanted trees would thereby be put to 

 a severe trial. 



About the mansion-house there is not much timber of ancient stand- 

 ing. The entire number of old trees may not exceed between sixty and 

 seventy, but they are happily dispersed over the surface. To these 

 have been added by the owner a vast number of single and scattered 

 trees, to the amount, as we were informed, of between six and seven 

 hundred ; which, with various enclosed clumps, or masses of different 

 sorts, all transplanted, give to the whole a rich and woody appearance. 

 But from the style, in Avhich the removed are mixed and massed up 

 with the older trees, the effect produced is extremely striking, especially 

 when viewed from any commanding eminence. 



In the park there is also a piece of water of considerable extent, and 

 of very various outline, which shows the transplanted woods to great 

 advantage. The grounds were originally laid out by Mr. White, the 

 well-known landscape gardener ; but Sir, Henry seems largely to have 

 superadded his own improvements, and, in the management of both the 

 woods and the water, to have profited by the principles of Mr. Price, 



In following out the instructions of the society, to investigate the 

 improvements, made in the art of transplanting at this place, the object 

 of our inquiry naturally divides itself into three parts : First, to ex- 

 amine the single and scattered trees, and such as stand in detached 

 groups on the open lawn ; Secondly, such as form enclosed clumps, or 

 masses of some magnitude ; and. Thirdly, to discover how far the art 

 is applicable to general purposes of utility or ornament. 



First, As to single trees, and groups on the open lawn. Of this 

 description, in every part of the place, we found the oak, ash, witch or 

 Scotch elm, beech, sycamore, lime, horsechestnut, larch, and Scotch 

 fir ; all of which, having been at one time or other the subjects of trans- 

 plantation, as we ascertained by accurate examination, are growing wuth 

 extraordinary vigour and luxuriance, and shooting from six to eighteen 

 inches yearly, in the openest exposures. Some sycamores, limes, and 

 oaks, we particularly noticed, of which the shoots might measure more 

 than two and a half feet, in similar exposures. This w^e consider as 

 probably unexampled, in any part of the kingdom. 



These single trees are of various sizes. Those transplanted some 



