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remarkable was a row of very tall and thick-trunked Lom- 

 bardy poplars, growing very close together by the roadside. 

 We agree with our indefatigable correspondent, Mr. Howden, 

 that admirable fences might be formed of Lombardy poplars, 

 or other trees, planted closely together in rows : indeed, this 

 is already done in various parts of France, Italy, and Germany. 



A Garden at one of the Paper Mills at Wooburn struck us, 

 in passing, as remarkably beautiful. There were the rush- 

 ing waters clear as crystal, shaded by noble trees ; a lawn 

 varied h^ numerous groups of the choicest flowers, including 

 some fine Chinese roses ; and a picturesque elevation of a 

 dwelhng-house, with a porch and veranda. What added to 

 these chai'ms was, that the whole evinced the highest degree 

 of order and keeping. 



Hall Barns, near Beaconsfield, Sir Gore Ouselet/. — This 

 place is chiefly celebrated as having been once the property 

 of the poet Waller : it has been lately sold to Sir Gore 

 Ouseley, who is making a large addition to the house. There 

 are two parallelogram ponds in the grounds, which may very 

 well pass for imitations of the tanks of Persia and India, and 

 we are curious to know what Sir Gore will make of them. 

 All that has been hitherto done are the formation of some beds 

 of flowers, and the pulling down of a banqueting room, to 

 turn it into a dairy. The gai'dener's name is Smith, and, as 

 far as he is concerned, he seems to have done his part well. 



Little Hall Bams, Cundee, Esq. — This is a small 



place, close to Beaconsfield, where the last occupier of Great 

 Hall Barns used to reside occasionally. From what we saw 

 of it over the pales which separate it from the public road, 

 it appears to be in very high keeping ; and we were informed 

 that, besides an excellent collection of plants, it has an aviary, 

 a menagerie, and a museum of natural history. 



The Churchyard at Beaconsfield is chiefly remarkable for 

 containing the tomb of the poet Waller, which occupies a 

 most unpoetical extent of surface ; and, what is worse, this 

 surface is paved with flagstones. The tomb is in the form of a 

 parallelogram chest, with drapery, cut in stone, hanging down 

 on each side and at the ends ; as if, after the body had been 

 deposited in the chest, a pall had been thrown over it, and 

 then the lid put on. The efifect is good. On the centre of 

 this lid is a small obelisk, or pyramid, containing the inscrip- 

 tion, arms, &c. Out of one side of the surface of the pave- 

 ment which surrounds this tomb rises a walnut tree, at least 

 18 in. in diameter at the ground; but whether planted, or 

 originated by accident, we could not learn. Along one end 

 of this churchyard there is a row of houses, with narrow gar- 



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