Swallouofield Place. 677 



tion ; first in knowledge, and, secondly, indeed, consequently, 

 in wealth and comfort. 



The charger which the duke rode at Waterloo is kept in a 

 paddock adjoining a small flower-garden, from which the late 

 duchess used frequently to feed him with bread from her own 

 hands. During the battle, the duke was on this horse IS 

 hours, without once dismounting, and it has never been ridden 

 since that day. It is a small chestnut horse, slightly made, 

 and, as it was quite a colt at the time of the battle, it is wonder- 

 ful how its strength was equal to the excessive fatigue it must 

 have undergone. There is a proverb in some parts of Eng- 

 land, that a chestnut horse is always a good one, and that it 

 will always do more work than any horse of the same size, of 

 any other colour, and this horse seems to furnish an illustra- 

 tion of its truth. 



Sxmlloi'cfield Place., Russell, Esq. — The situation is 



nearly flat, with a stream passing through it. The house is 

 a large plain building, lately put in thorough repair; and the 

 gardens and grounds are undergoing essential ameliorations, 

 by the gardener, Mr. Brown. The soil of the garden rs 

 excellent; and the walls are of a good height. A number of 

 hot-houses are already built, and more are in progress. One 

 of the most complete pine-pits in the country is just finished, 

 and of this Mr. Brown has promised us a section and descrip- 

 tion. In the melon ground is a strawberry stage, composed 

 of a bank of earth, at an angle under 45° ; the earth supported 

 by I ft. of brickwork in front, and 3 ft. behind. The space 

 between is divided into steps or beds, each 4 in. above the 

 other, supported by one brick on edge ; and along each step 

 a row of plants are placed, which are renewed every year. 

 So circumstanced, the fruit ripens twelve or fourteen days 

 before that on the common surface of the garden. Mr, Brown 

 grows all his strawberries, in whatever situation they may be 

 planted, on one year old plants ; finding, like Mr. Knight, that, 

 thus treated, they produce much larger and finer fruit. The 

 Louise bonne pear produces here excellent crops of large and 

 very beautiful fruit. The kitchen-garden is entered through, 

 an avenue of catalpas and rhododendrons ; at the end of 

 which is a handsome architectural gate ; and from this pro- 

 ceeds, to the centre of the range of hot-houses, a straight 

 broad walk, with two remarkably fine borders of herbaceous 

 plants. The pleasure-ground contains a few fine old speci- 

 mens of cedars, .magnolias, tulip trees, American thorns, and 

 other exotics (including large trees of those beautiful plants, 

 Prunus virginiana and P. caroliniana) ; which, if they were 

 generally introduced into plantations, would soon be as com- 



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