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on the old English plan, with the main building and two 

 wings, showing a front of one hundred and fifty feet, one 

 wing embracing the kitchen offices, and the other, a library, 

 billiard room, &.c. The entrance to the house is through a 

 broad avenue, lined with gigantic pines and other trees ; the 

 building stands on a slight eminence, which slopes off on the 

 lawn front to the main road, distant a thousand feet. 



About thirty acres are laid out as pleasure grounds, flower 

 garden, fruit garden, kitchen garden, &c. The residue of 

 the land is used for farming purposes, and is all in the finest 

 condition, under the care of Mr. R. Murray, who has been 

 upon the place upwards of twenty years, during which period 

 he has effected great improvements, remodelling the grounds, 

 planting out nursery trees, and otherwise beautifying the 

 place. Mr. Murray showed us immense hemlocks, which 

 were planted by him several years ago ; they were then large 

 trees removed from the woods, but under his good manage- 

 ment they succeeded well, and are now some of them fifty 

 feet high, feathered to the ground on which the lower 

 branches spread out. 



It is only since April that Mr. Walker purchased this place, 

 which, for upwards of twenty years, has been in the posses- 

 sion of J. S. Copley Greene, Esq. Latterly it has been 

 somewhat neglected, Mr. Greene having been absent from 

 home, and feeling very little interest in the place. He com- 

 menced with making many alterations and improvements, 

 one of which was the construction of a pond, covering four 

 or five acres ; this was completed at great expense, but noth- 

 ing was done to make it ornamental, and it still remains, after 

 the great cost, as it was when finished, without any planta- 

 tions of trees and shrubs, or even a margin of good turf. It 

 may be made a very ornamental feature of the place. 



A walk completely skirts the pleasure grounds, from which 

 pretty views are obtained at various points, and terminates at 

 the other entrance gate ; the avenue sweeping by the house 

 in a curve from the main road, which divides the farm from 

 the house and ornamental grounds. The flower garden is 

 neatly laid out, and contains a collection of American plants. 



