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STATISTICS OF GARDENING. 



Part IV. 



prietor aa a hunting-seat j the park surrounded by a hill of two 

 miles, and spotted with numerous clumps. 



X Oatlaiids, near Walton; Duke of York. A demesne of 

 3000 acres, almost entirely park, with a house by Holland ; a 

 fine terrace-walk ; a serpentine lake, by Wright, which has 

 often been mistaken for a part of the Thames ; and a much ad- 

 mired grotto. 



X Okeham Pa rk, near Guildford; Lord King. The grounds 

 have been lately much improved, the piece of water enlarged, 

 and the whole adapted to the modern taste. 



Pepper Harrmv, near Haslemere ; Lord Middleton . A good 

 mansion, on the banks of the Wey, sheltered on the north and 

 east by rising grounds, covered with plantations ; with an ele- 

 gant conservatory at the west end of the house, and a kitchen- 

 garden of three acres, containing a good range of hot -houses. 



X Wimliledon House, Wimbledon ; Earl Spencer. A man- 

 sion by W. Holland, in a park of 1200 acres, agreeably diversi- 

 fied in surface, containing fine distant views, and tastefully laid 

 out by Brown, who formed a sheet of water, which covers a 

 surface of 50 acres. The manor-house of Wimbledon was 

 formerly one of the first in the kingdom. A survey of it was 

 taken in 1649, and a copy of part of it is inserted in the 10th 

 volume of Archatologia. The house was painted in fresco ex- 

 ternally, like the palace of Nonsuch s in the gardens was an 

 orangery, containing forty-two trees, in boxes, valued at 10/. 

 each, lemons, citrons, pomegranates, tigs : in the mazes, wild- 

 erness, knots, alleys, were a great variety of trees and shrubs, a 

 bay-tree, and an Irish arbutus. There was a nwsk milion ground 

 " at the end of the kitchen-garden, trenched, manured, and 

 very well ordered for the growth of mask milions." The house 

 was pulled down, rebuilt, burnt down, and rebuilt again in 1786. 



Wootton House, near Dorking; Hon. and P.ev. J. Evelyn 

 Boscawen. A seat of the Evelyns since the time of Elizabeth. 

 It is a low spreading building of no pretensions, surrounded 

 by hills, clothed with copse-woods ; but open to the south, and 

 containing some good pasture-ground round the house. 



7529. Royal residences. 



Kerv, near Brentford , the private property of the king, was 

 established by the Princess Dowager of Wales, in 1760, and 

 has become universally celebrated, chiefly from the number of 



seeds or plants sent there from foreign countries, and the ex- 

 cellent description of them published in the Hortus Kemeruis, 

 A catalogue of the plants was first published by Dr. Hill in 

 1768, in one volume; that by the late W. Aiton in 1789, in 

 three volumes, 8vo. The present catalogue, completed in 

 1812, extends to three volumes. Sir W. Chambers published 

 a description of the house and gardens in 1763, with upwards 

 of forty plates, and they have also been the subject of two 

 poems, one by J. Ritso in 1763, and the other by Henry Jones, 

 author of the tragedy of the Earl of Essex, in 1767. 



From the first establishment of the garden, a number of col- 

 lectors have been sent abroad, and maintained there for the 

 purpose of sending home plants and seeds. This has added a 

 great many names to the catalogue, because every plant is in- 

 troduced there which has once been in the garden ; but unfortu- 

 nately, from want of that liberality in giving away or exchang- 

 ing plants, which ought to, and does characterise almost every 

 institution of this description, many of the plants which have 

 been introduced are lost, and no where to be found but in the 

 catalogue. We have only to instance the natural order of pro- 

 teaceae. 



A palace in the Gothic style was built by Geo. III. on the 

 banks of the Thames, the design is by Wyatt, and rather 

 crowded; the situation mote beautiful than wholesome. It 

 has never been completed. 



Richmond Park, near Richmond. The palace long since 

 taken down ; the park 2253 acres, surrounded by eight miles of 

 brick wall. It is well wooded, and contains some large pieces 

 of water. A part of what is called the Old Park is occupied by 

 his present majesty as a dairy ; the remainder constitutes the 

 royal gardens, which were first laid out by Bridgeman in 

 avenues, and afterwards opened and improved by Brown. 

 They have the advantage of being situated on the banks of the 

 Thames, and exhibit some beautiful views. Queen Caroline, 

 who was very partial to this spot, had here a dairy and mena- 

 gerie. Several ornamental and grotesque buildings were dis- 

 persed about the gardens ; one of which, called Merlin's Cave, 

 contained several figures in wax ; another, called the Hermitage, 

 was adorned with busts of Sir Isaac Newton, Locke, and other 

 literary characters. A description of these gardens was pub- 

 lished in 1735. , 



' 7530. SUSSEX. A surface of 935,040 acres, gently varied, the soil generally rich, great part bordering 

 on the sea, consists of low undulating hills, or what may be called hilly plains, known by the name of 

 Downs (from Duno, Sax. a hill). The northern parts, towards Essex and Kent, abound in natural woods, 

 or remains of woods called wealds. This county is not remarkable for its gardening ; on the coast, how- 

 ever, and especially about Worthing, the fig thrives better in the open air than it does any where else in 

 England. It is grown to great perfection in the gardens of the Duke of Norfolk, at Arundel, and in 

 some commercial gardens near Worthing. These trees, and also the fig-orchard, of nearly an acre, at 

 Tarring, near Worthing, occupied by Loud, and containing 100 standard trees, have already been referred 

 to. (4853.) Market-gardens, in the neighborhood of Lewes and Worthing, are rather on the increase, 

 for the purpose of supplying the latter village and Brighton, both rapidly increasing, with culinary Vege- 

 tables. The garden-market at Brighton is at present supplied with all its more valuable articles from 

 London, excepting peaches, grapes, and figs, which in autumn, are imported from France. The severity 

 of the sea-breeze renders this part of the coast peculiarly unfavorable to gardening. The principal nur- 

 spry in Sussex is that of Chichester, by Silverlock, distinguished as the inventor of a hollow wall 

 (fig. 238.) which promises to be of real utility both in gardening and cottage-building. There are also 

 nurseries at Horsham, Lewes, and other places, but they are of no great note. At Brighton there is a 

 florist, who grows chiefly auriculas and geraniums. Furze-seeds are collected for the seedsmen from the 

 wealds, and some tree-seeds from the woods of the Duke of Richmond and Lord Sheffield. The cottage- 

 gardens near the coast are neatly managed, and productive ; as are some of the farmers' gardens. There 

 are a few villas near the marine towns ; but the principal country-seats are mansions with demesnes. 



7531. Of villas and mansions, the following are 

 but a few of those deserving note : 



Ashburnham Abbey, near Beachy Head ; Earl Ashburn- 

 ham. A spacious modern edifice, in the midst of an exten- 

 sive park, containing much fine timber, and a large sheet of 

 water. 



X Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge Wells ; Marquis of 

 Camden. A small habitation in the Gothic style, badly placed ; 

 hut the demesne extensive, and attbrding a situation for build- 

 ing, for which a magnificent design has been given by H. Rep- 

 ton. (Observations on Landscape Gardening.) Near the present 

 building the interior of an old church and cloisters have been 

 laid out as a flower-garden, which is much admired. 



X Buckhurst Park, near Lewes; Lord Whitworth. Both 

 house and grounds have been greatly improved by this noble- 

 man and his lady, the Duchess of Dorset. 



Cannon House, near Westdean; Lord Selsey. A small 

 place, too near a churchyard , and a small brook, which is dry 

 in summer : the effect of both, however, much diminished by 

 judicious planting. 



Eridge Castle, near Tunbridge Wells ; Earl Abergavenny. 

 An irregular castellated edifice, embattled and flanked with 

 round towers, but without any imitation of ancient architecture 

 in the doors, windows, or other details. It stands on a bold 

 eminence, in a park of 2000 acres, well wooded and watered. 



Glynde, 

 pile,' of Elizabethean architecture, with a terrace commanding 

 a fine view of the surrounding country. The grounds much 

 improved by the late Dr. Trevor, but at present rather neglected. 

 Hcathjkld Park, near Winchelsea ; F. Newberry, Esq. 

 The park, environed with holly, able to keep in any game in 

 Evelyn's time ; some of these hollies still exist, and many have 

 been cut down for their timber. 



X Michel Grove, near Clapham, Sir J. Snelly. A spa- 

 cious Gothic mansion [Jig. 742.), of cream-colored brick, and 

 in the most florid taste of that style of architecture : the ar- 

 rangement, both internal and external, harmonious and scien- 

 tific. The.grounds, by Repton, display some fine marine views. 

 Parham, near Arundel; Sir C. Bishop. A singular old 

 Elizabethean house, not much altered either exteriorly or 

 within; the park abounding in stalely groups of oaks. 



X Sheffield Place, near Lewes; Lord Sheffield. The 

 mansion stands low, in a park of between 5 and 600 acres, 

 long famous for its large oak-trees, and more recently so for 

 other plantations, and for the care and judgment with which 

 these are managed in every part of the demesne. There is 100 

 acres oi 1 pleasure-ground, and above 1400 acres managed as a 

 home farm, and with experiments in culture, and breedine, 

 for which Lord Sheffield has been long celebrated. 



Stamner, near Lewes; Earl of Chichester. A plain stone 

 edifice, forming three sides of a square, in a park much diversi- 

 fied by nature and planted 

 with judgment. 



Stanstead-house, near 

 Chichester ; L. Way, 

 Esq. One of the most 

 delightful situations in 

 the kingdom ; the house, 

 an elegant Ionic pile, with 

 wings, an observatory, 

 and cupolas; the park 

 650 acres, finely varied 

 and wooded. 



West Grinslead Park, 

 near West Grinstead ; 

 William Burrel, Esq. A 

 handsome stone mansion : 

 the grounds lately much 

 improved, and some hot- 

 houses added to the kit- 

 chen-garden. 



