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beauty, and surprisingly uniform in height and size. The 

 tree carnation, trained upon little trellised poles, 7 to 8 ft. 

 high, is very ornamental, and has a fine appearance. There 

 is a small shrub, of straggling growth, in a shallow rectangular 

 pot of white and blue porcelain, supposed to be some variety 

 of tea, but, as it has never flowered, its species has not been 

 ascertained ; it is said to have been in its present domicile 

 from 20 to 30 years : the leaves appear much like those of the 

 poplar-leaved birch (.Betula />opulifolia). At the entrance of 

 the gardens there is a neat and commodious building, with 

 apartments for the foremen; and business, seed, and fruit rooms. 

 The number of gardeners and assistants averages 15 or 16; 

 they have constant wages, being employed in severe weather 

 in the winter season (when out- door operations are impeded) 

 in making nets for wall trees, grinding tools, making brooms 

 for sweeping lawns and walks, cleaning and sponging the 

 leaves of hot-house plants, &c. There are two spacious flower- 

 gardens adjoining the mansion, one at each end. That to the 

 east is very much shaded by large trees ; the rosariums in it 

 are very beautiful and well managed, and there are some ad- 

 mirable weeping ashes : also a small conservatory, with a few 

 ornamental plants, chairs and seats, &c. and delightful arbours 

 and summer houses. The new flower-garden to the west of 

 the house is, I think, capable of much improvement in the 

 arrangement of its walks, flower clumps, &c, not being com- 

 mensurate with the magnificence of the house and other parts 

 of the grounds. It was, I believe, laid out about 12 years 

 ago by a country nurseryman, whose experience in landscape- 

 gardening I should think has been very limited, or his know- 

 ledge and taste very defective ; there are, however, abundance 

 of fine herbaceous plants, and many luxuriant exotic shrubs, 

 a fountain, &c. 



The whole of the gardens, pleasure-grounds, and park are 

 kept in the highest order. The name of the present gardener, 

 I believe, is Laurel, a very well educated and highly respect- 

 able man, and, it is needless to add, master of his profession. 



Yorkshire, Oct. 7. 1830. ONTOS. 



Art. III. A few Observations made on visiting several Public and 

 Private Gardens, fyc, in England and Scotland, during the Sum- 

 mer of 1830. By Mr. W. Saunders. 



Fbognjls, the seat of Lord Sidney, near Bromley, Kent; 

 June 9.— A place much noted for growing superior crops of 



