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raised, the kinds are, so far as practicable, grown by them- 

 selves ; one house was filled with the Hamburgh ; another 

 with the Cannon Hall Muscat, and a third with the St. Pe- 

 ters, and so on. By the kindness of Mr. Paxton, we were 

 enabled to taste all the varieties cultivated here, and the 

 Cannon Hall is a most excellent flavored, as well as one of 

 the largest and most beautiful grapes; it is as rich as the 

 Muscat of Alexandria, white or amber-colored, with a round 

 berry of exceedingly large size; it also sets well. We must 

 award to Mr. Paxton the merit of producing very high fla- 

 vored grapes. Many of the peacheries, &c., had had all the 

 fruit gathered, and offered nothing of interest. 



In the open ground, all the walls are covered with trees, 

 each kind being also placed together. In the borders of the 

 walks we noticed standard currants and gooseberries six feet 

 high, with clean stems four feet, loaded with fruit, and pre- 

 senting quite a novel appearance. Grown in this manner, 

 they are out of the reach of the dirt, and the whole head 

 may be netted over, and the fruit kept until late in the au- 

 tumn. We would recommend this mode to our amateur 

 cultivators. Pear *trees beautifully trained en qiienouille, 

 were loaded with fruit, and from what we saw of this mode 

 here, and subsequently, especially at Paris, we are more and 

 more inclined to the opinion that it is the plan we should 

 adopt in all garden cultivation. 



The keepmg of the garden was of the highest order ; every 

 department has its foreman, and a large number of gardeners 

 are constantly employed. As improvements are continually 

 being made, a great number of laborers are also kept at 

 work. The principal object now is the rock- work, which, 

 like other works at Chatsworth, is to be on a magnificent scale, 

 and the most remarkable in the country. The site chosen is 

 between the pleasure ground and the great conservatory, 

 occupying an acre of ground; the earth had already been 

 excavated thirty or forty feet for the purpose of forming an 

 immense grotto : a large pipe from the great reservoir will 

 furnish an abundance of water which is to form a rivulet 

 through this grotto. On all sides are high and projecting 

 rocks, and some of them, weighing many tons, have been 

 brought from a great distance for this purpose. The en- 



