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our steps to the garden. If our expectations were more than 

 realized in the house, they were not so with the garden. 

 Several acres are enclosed within the wall, but the ranges of 

 houses for plants were not extensive, nor the collection of 

 plants large ; a conservatory less than one hundred feet in 

 length, was nearly all that was devoted to plants. In this 

 we saw Achimenes longiflora, grandiflora, pedunculata, and 

 rosea, in full bloom, the first and second in large pots ten inches 

 across, and producing hundreds of their splendid flowers 

 which are highly ornamental at this season of the year : 

 pedunculata had just commenced blooming : rosea is not as 

 showy as the others, but its delicate rosy blossoms entitle it 

 to a place in a collection. We saw here for the first time, 

 in anything like perfection, the Z,ilium lancifolium rubrum, 

 grown four feet high, with ten or twelve of its most gorgeous 

 flowers expanded. L. lancifolium album was also blooming 

 in equal perfection, but though extremely delicate and beau- 

 tiful, not of that showy character as the rubrum. Several 

 kinds of fuschias were in flower, but as night was drawing 

 near, we had not time to take their names. 



We passed rapidly through the forcing garden, looking at 

 the pine pits, vineries, forcing houses, &c. The grapes of the 

 late houses were just ripening, and a great number of pines 

 were swelling ofl"; but we saw nothing remarkable to note 

 down. The Marquis of Westminster resides here only a 

 short time in the autumn, and a great portion of the fruit is 

 given away by order of the noble proprietor. Our corres- 

 pondent, Mr. J. W. Russell, was for four or five years, 

 employed at this place, under its former gardener, Mr. 

 Duff". 



It was our intention to visit Eaton Hall again, on our re- 

 turn to Liverpool, in order that we might have another look 

 of the garden, but this we were compelled to give up, as we 

 found other places which possessed more interest. As a 

 specimen of the florid style of architecture applied to the 

 purposes of a dwelling, we would advise any of our friends 

 who may ever visit Liverpool, not to omit to see Eaton 

 Hall. Few other English residences have been oftener vis- 

 ited by Americans than this, and few afford more gratifica- 

 tion. [To be continued.) 



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