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STATISTICS OF GARDENING. 



Part IV. 



Muncastcr House, near Ravenglass ; Lord Muncaster. 

 Great improvements have been made by planting the bleak 

 hills on this estate : his lordship has also irrigated extensively, 

 and is a very spirited agriculturist. 



Nunnery, near Penrith; Rich. Bambey, Esq. The house 

 is in a low confined situation ; but the grounds are extremely 

 beautiful, and laid out with great taste and judgment. They 

 lie along the banks of the Eden, whose rugged bed produce's 

 several cascades and one waterfall of nearly twelve feet. 



Ponsonliy Hall, near Egremont ; G. E. Stanley, Esq. 

 The house is modern and surrounded by numerous" plant- 

 ations and agricultural improvements made by the present 

 spirited owner. 



X Workington Hall, near Whitehaven ; J. C. Curwen, 

 Esq. The house is a spacious quadrangular building ; the 

 park and pleasure-grounds are extensive, and the home farm 

 celebrated, for it ranks Workington and Curwen with Holk- 

 ham and Coke, Woburn and Bedford. 



7594. HAMPSHIRE. A surface of 1,112,000 acres, considerably varied in character of surface, yet 

 without high hills. The Isle of Wight is a detached portion, remarkable, for its beauty and fertility ; the 

 Downs, a chalky ridge, are bare of timber. The New Forest and Bere Forest occupy large tracts near 

 Southampton, and are the principal tree-bearing royal forests in the management of the government : on 

 the borders of Dorsetshire there are large tracts of heath, and on the sea-shore extensive marshes. 

 There are several nurseries at Southampton, of which the oldest established is that of Rogers, and the 

 next in repute that of Page. There is a horticultural society held at Winchester by some gentlemen 

 and gardeners of the county. In the Isle of Wight, at St. Laurence cottage, there was a vineyard man- 

 aged by a regular vlgneron. At Fratton, near Portsmouth, is grown the Portsmouth broccoli, so much 

 esteemed. 



Appulldurcombe, near Godshill, Isle of Wight; The Hon. 



Pelham. A Corinthian mansion of freestone, with four 



fronts, in a spacious park in the midst of an amphitheatre of 

 hills, ornamented with trees of large size, and commanding 

 fine prospects. 



Avington, near Winchester; Duke of Buckingham. A 

 brick mansion, in a secluded well wooded valley. 



Belle Vue, near Southampton; Admiral Sir R. Bligh. A 

 superb modem house, commanding a most exquisite prospect 

 over the Southampton water, with extensive gardens and hot 

 houses, and an excellent botanical collection. 



Bavis Mount, near Southampton ; Henry Hulton, Esq. A 

 mount in a bay of the river, and laid out as a wilderness, by 

 Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough, in Pope's time. 

 His lordship is said to have refused. to let strangers see the 

 ground, unless during high water. 



Bonchurch Cottage, near Bonchurch, Isle of Wight ; 



Hatfield, Esq. A comfortable and picturesque house in a most 

 romantic situation. 



Brculmdl Lodge, near Hockley; The 



house is an elegant building, designed by J. Johnson, Esq., with 

 an observatory on its summit. 



Bramshill, near Hartley Whitney; Rev. R. Cope. An 

 Elizabethean edifice on an eminence, in a spacious park, and 

 one of the most commanding features of the county. 



Broadlands, near Rumsey ; Lord Pal merston. A neat edi- 

 fice of white brick, in a well wooded park. 



X Cadland, near Southampton ; R. Drummond, Esq. The 

 house is plain, but commodious; the park was laid out by 

 Brown, and is five miles in circumference. The whole is in 

 high keeping. 



Castle Mai mood Cottage, near Lyndhurst ; General Wynyard. 

 A high situation, with extensive views ; the garden kept in 

 high order. 



Cams Hill, near Portsmouth ; J. Define", Esq. An elegant 

 -modern building, in a pleasant park, on the east side of the lake 

 of Portsmouth Harbour. 



Cranbury House, near Winchester ; Sir N. Nolland. An 

 extensive mansion ; good kitchen-garden and fine prospects. 



Cruxeaston, - near Lichfield ; . Once the seat of Edward 



Lisle, Esq. author of Observations on Agriculture ; he died 

 in 1722, having had twenty children, seventeen of whom sur- 

 vived him. Of these nine", sisters, constructed a grotto which 

 has been celebrated by Pope in his Rural Essay-,, 



" This radiant pile nine rural sisters raise," 

 and of which only the skeleton now remains. 



Cuffnells, near Lyndhurst ; Rose, Esq. A handsome 



residence, greatly improved by the late owner, the Right Hon. 

 G. Rose ; the grounds and part of the forest are every thing 

 that can be desired. The late Mr. Eames, when called in to 



laid 



give his professional assistance, found nothing to do but to ar- 

 range the pleasure-ground scenery and the" kitchen-garden. 

 The whole is now kept in respectable order. 



X Dogmersfield Park, near Odiham ; P. St. John MUdmay, 

 Esq. The mansion is extensive; the. park contains 700 acres, 

 much diversified in surface, and by old woods, new plantations, 

 and a lake of forty-four acres- The pleasure-grounds \n 

 out by Eames. In the plantations the ash is much and i 

 fullv cultivated for hon-poles. 



EU-etham, near Hatford Bridge; Lieut. Gen. Gwynne. 

 An eligible residence; the park and grounds two miles in cir- 

 cumference, laid out by Eames, who had a lease of this estate 

 for twentv-one years. 



Exbury House, near Exbury; Col. Mitford, author of the 

 History of Greece, by whom the grounds have been greatly 

 improved. The demesne is about eight miles in circum- 

 ference. 



Fairy Hill, near Ryde ; Rev. H. Oglander. A neat house, 

 and the grounds disposed as aferme orne'e. 



Fern Hill, nearWooten Bridge, Isle of Wight : S. Saunders, 

 Esq. The house bears some resemblance to a church ; the pros- 

 pects are remarkably fine, and the kitchen-garden good. 



Froghill, near Calbourne; F. Barrington, E-q. A small, but 

 elegant house, and ground.-, disposed with much tast,e. 



Gatcombe House, near Carrisbrooke, Isle of Wight; A. 

 Campbell, Esq. Beautifully situated on the declivity of a hill, 

 and the park ornamented with natural oaks and coppice-woods. 



Grange Park, near Almsford; Alexander Baring, Esq. 

 The house by Inigo Jones, and said by Walpole to be one of his 



7596. WILTSHIRE. A surface of 821,120 acres; elevated, varied, but not much wooded: the 

 climate dry and cold. Gary and Moody, nurserymen, near Salisbury, grow the best crocuses in England, 

 of which they send large quantities annually to London, and other parts : there is a famous grower of 

 ranunculuses and anemones at Marlborough, and a good nursery at Devizes, besides various market- 

 gardens. Savernake Forest, in Tottenham Park, is the only one in the kingdom belonging to a subject, i 



Ashcomlx, nearCranbourne; P. Methuen, Esq. The house 



best works : the grounds varied and beautiful. In the gardens 

 an extensive range of iron hot-houses by Jones and Co. of 

 Birmingham. 



X Hackmood Park (Hawking Wood), near Oldleasing; 

 Lord Bolton. The house lately improved; the park vers ex- 

 tensive, bold, and irregular, and finely clothed with noble 

 beech-trees, many of which, near the house, are mantled with 

 ivy. The pleasure-grounds contain 100 acres, and afford ex- 

 amples of an aquatic menagerie, a verdant theatre, French 

 garden, and music temple. 



X High Clere, near Lichfield ; Earl of Carnarvon. The 

 mansion an elegant modern structure of brick, stuccoed : the 

 park thirteen miles in circumference, and few in the kingdom 

 display a surface more varied, or scenery more interesting. 

 Almost every thing has been done by the present owner, who 

 is also a great encourager of horticulture. 



Hurstbourne Park, near Whitchurch ; Earl of Portsmouth. 

 The mansion by W. Wyatt : the grounds delightfully wooded, 

 and furnishing fine prospects. 



Mattisfont House, near Romsey ; Sir C. Mill. A spacious 

 and venerable edifice, with commodious gardens and pleasure- 

 grounds, noted for their plane-trees. 



Mvyle's Court, near Ringwood ; Lisle, Esq. A good 



building in a park, small, but agreeable. 



Neji'tomn, near Boldre; H. C. Plowden, Esq. A spacious 

 and elegant mansion, with a circular room at the top, from 

 which extensive views are obtained. The gardens are small, 

 but neatly kept. 



Norris, near East Cowes, Isle of Wight ; Lord Seymour. 

 A Gothic edifice, with an extensive front, by J. Wyatt, Esq. 

 The park s.m.-.U, but affording fine marine views. 



Northcourt House, near Shorwell ; R. Bull, Esq. A building 

 of the time of James L, with the grounds nearly in the samo 

 state as originally disposed, in ranges of small terraces, witn 

 seats, and walls for fruit. 



Puullons, near Romsey ; S. Stanley, Esq. The whole de- 

 mesne is about five miles in circumference : it was submitted 

 to Brown, who thinned the natural woods, and opened ample 

 lawns. 



Pilemell House, near Boldre. A beautifully situated house, 

 with lawns and pleasure-grounds, extending to the sea-side. 



Portstvood House, near Southampton; A.M'Kinnon, Esq. 

 A handsome building by Crunden, situated close to South- 

 ampton Water, with extensive pleasure-grounds, beautifully 

 diversified. 



Priory, near St. Helen's Green, Isle of Wight ; Sir Nash 

 Grose. This demesne consists of a narrow strip of ground, 

 about a mile in length, extending along the shore : both house 

 and grounds have been much improved by their present 



Red Rise, near Stockbridge ; H. Errington, Esq. Plea- 

 santly embosomed in woods, and surrounded by open downs. 



Stoneham Park, near Winchester; J. Fleming, Esq. An 

 old mansion, recently much improved : the park extensive, and 

 laid out by Brown. 



St. Lawrence Cottage, near UnderclifT; Sir R. Worsley. 

 Here a vineyard has been formed, and is now directed by a 

 French vigneron (vine-gardener). It was begun in 1792 ; 

 occupies three acres ot rocky ground, sheltered from the 

 north. Muscadines are chiefly planted in beds, twelve feet 

 wide, and the plants a foot and a half apart each way. The 

 stools are kept at about eight inches high, and two shoots are 

 annually grow n from each, to succeed the two of the former 

 year then in fruit. These shoots are not allowed to extend 

 more than three feet and a half. A pleasant light wine is made 

 from the grapes. 



X Stratton Park, near Winchester ; Sir F. Baring. The 

 house and grounds recently much improved : the gardens and 

 hot -houses extensive, and well managed. 



Vine, near King's Clare ; W. Chute, Esq. The situation 

 rather low ; the grounds well wooded. 



7595. First-rate residence. 



Strathfuldsay, near King's Clare ; Duke of Wellington. The 

 house, now undergoing great alterations, is rather low ; the 

 park is extensive and well wooded. The alterations are by 

 Wyatt, the architect of Drury-lane theatre. 



is singularly situated on an isolated knoll, which has been, 

 unaptly compared to an inverted basin, placed in the middle of 

 a large China bowl. 



Broxmure, near Downton ; R. Brestow, Esq. An Italian 

 villa, by Falkham, of which the stables are of a very supe- 

 rior kind. The grounds and exterioi scenery highly picturesque 

 a .d beautiful. 



Claredon Lodge, near Salisbury; F- H. Bathurst, Esq. A 

 commodious modern edifice, surrounded by extensive grounds, 

 abundantly wooded, and containing a natural lake, from which 

 issues a stream. 



Cowes fidd House, near Downton; Sir A. Paget. A true 

 ferine orne'e ; the fields regularly encompassed with ornamental 

 hedgerows and trees, with generally a turf drive, or a gravel- 

 walk : the views from these hedge-paths are extensive. 



