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There are two entrances to Chatsworth Park, one from 

 Barslow, and the other from Edensor. That from the former 

 place is about half a mile in length, and the drive is in gentle 

 curves up the slope, now open, and again beneath the over- 

 hanging branches of lofty elms or noble beeches and oaks, 

 until it reaches the house. The entrance from Edensor is 

 more imposing ; two handsome lodges have been erected, in 

 different styles, and the approach passing over a rise of 

 ground, from which a fine view is obtained of the house, des- 

 cends again, and, crossing the river Derwent, leads up to the 

 entrance front. Two highly enriched gates, one magnificently 

 gilt, open to the court yard and terrace. Through the former 

 strangers are admitted when the Duke is absent, to see the 

 interior; the other is the private entrance. 



Improving the opportunity, we walked through the inte- 

 rior, and were delighted with every part. The Mosaic pave- 

 ments of the Hall,— the Oak room,— the splendid carved 

 wainscotting of the old State rooms— the galleries of paintings 

 and sculpture, and other works of art and antiquity, which 

 have been here assembled together, by the taste of the noble 

 proprietor, surprise while they gratify the spectator. From 

 the library we passed into the orangery or conservatory 

 which forms part of the east front. The floor is of marble, 

 and the plants, which are all large and superior specimens, 

 stand in pots. The following are some of the most remarka- 

 ble; Altingia Cuiminghamu twelve feet high; A. excelsa one 

 specimen twenty five feet high, and another thirty feet high ; 

 Banksitt Solandr« twelve feet high; Araucaria braziliensis 

 twenty feet high ; i2hododendron arboreum ten feet high, and 

 several varieties ten to twenty feet high ; double white and 

 other camellias ten to twelve feet high. All these were in 

 perfect health and condition. 



We now entered the flower garden, which occupies the 

 east front; here there is a large greenhouse mostly devoted 

 to camellias and now filled with handsome plants. In the 

 rear of this, forming the wall between the park and the plea- 

 sure ground is the conservative wall, planted with half ten- 

 der climbers ; and in front of the Camellia house is a geo- 

 metrical flower garden upon the turf. From this the walk 



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