THE 



GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, 



JANUARY, 1828. 



PART L 



ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. 



Art. I. Some Account of the Flower-gardens and the Pine- 

 tum at Dropmore, the Seat of Lord Grenville. By Mr. 

 William Baillie, Gardener at Dropmore. Interspersed 

 with general Remarks on the Gardens and Grounds there, 

 by the Conductor. 



jUropmore has been long celebrated for its pinetum, or col- 

 lection of plants of the pine and fir tribe, and for the taste dis- 

 played in the flower-garden. Some account of the former, 

 which contains upwards of fifty species of pines, will open to 

 view an extensive field for the improvement of evergreen 

 forest scenery ; and the lists of flowers, and the mode of dis- 

 playing them in the parterre and Dutch garden, will afford 

 useful instruction to every class of gardeners and amateurs ; 

 instruction the more valuable, because, in so simple a matter 

 as planting flower-beds, very few think it worth while to pro- 

 ceed systematically. The grand lesson to be learned from the 

 flower scenery at Dropmore is the advantage of placing beauty 

 in masses. 



As a situation for a country residence, Dropmore exhibits 

 no very striking natural feature. The house is pleasingly and 

 picturesquely situated among woody scenery and fine turf; and 

 the views from the lawn command a very rich and grand dis- 

 tance, including Windsor Castle and Windsor Forest. It is 

 simple, spacious, and elegant, with a judiciously contrived 

 conservatory in front, the glass of which is removed during 

 summer, leaving the roof supported on piers of trelliswork, 

 the structure assuming at that period of the year the character 



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