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at home, he was sent to Paris, and placed under the late Mr. 

 Thouin, in the Jardin des Plantes ; he next went to Sicily 

 to teach the culture of asparagus and make various improve- 

 ments in the garden of a German officer, who had married a 

 rich Sicilian heiress. After remaining there two years, he 

 came to Naples, and spent some time with his three country- 

 men, gardeners, at the botanic garden in the city, the Royal 

 garden at Portici, and the English garden at Caserta. In re- 

 turning to Germany., he passed some months with Signor 

 Vilaresi, at Monza near Milan. All the principal gardens in 

 Germany he had visited before he left that country. In J 823 

 he came to England, and remained in this country for two or 

 three months. Having during that period had frequent oc- 

 casion to see Mr. L., we found him one of the most intelligent 

 of the various young German gardeners who have visited 

 England since the peace. At the same time it is proper to 

 remark, that his stay was too short, his knowledge of the 

 language too imperfect, and his travels in the interior of the 

 counti-y too limited, to enable him to form a just notion of the 

 English mode of laying out grounds. His remarks, there- 

 fore, as an artist, may be considered of less interest than 

 as those of a general observer and a foreigner. Clermont, 

 Ashridge, Stowe, Woburn Abbey, and Eaton Hall, he 

 believes to be the first residences in England. We subjoin 

 his description of the latter residence. 



" One of the most interesting instances of what wealth and 

 taste turned to a particular object can produce, may be seen at 

 Eaton Hall, the seat of the Earl of Grosvenor, about three miles 

 from Chester. With a view of rendering the journey agreeable, 

 and in order to be, as it were, equally at home at Chester and 

 Eaton Hall, he has purchased most of the land situated between 

 those two places, and connected them by turning the whole 

 into park scenery as far as the gates of the town. The entrance 

 to the park is through a splendid iron-gate in the Gothic style ; 

 the impression produced by it, and by the neat lodge, give a fore- 

 taste of what is to follow. A fine even approach winds in majestic 

 curves through broad glades of turf, bounded by thick plantations, 

 which sometimes almost touch the road, and at others withdraw 

 far from it, forming a great variety of bays and sinuosities. Here 

 and there single trees and small groups enhance the beauty of 

 the way. The ground rises gradually, the light groups now 

 become more open, and to the left are discovered most beautiful 

 meadow-grounds, watered by a small stream ; to the right this 

 fertile plain is broken by various hills covered with underwood. 

 As we advance, the elevation and variety of the ground is 

 increased ; various points of view direct the attention to the sur- 

 rounding scenery, which now becomes more interesting at every 

 step. We see towards the north the town of Chester, with its 



