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15 ft. high ; MagndhVz tripetala, 30 ft. ; Tamarix germanica, 30 ft. ; Camellia 

 viridis (the green tea), forty years old, and 8 ft. high ; vf Inus laciniata, 2 ft. 

 in diameter; Cupressus sempervirens, 25ft. high; B&xus balearica, 10ft. 

 high ; niia alba, Quercus Cerris, and Q. rubra latifolia, each about 60 ft. ; and 

 the t/'lmus glabra of Miller, or Scotch elm, 80 ft. The portion of smooth 

 lawn, varied by fine groups of old trees, which lies on the river side, has an 

 undulating surface ; and, whether regarded for its interior beauties, or for its 

 views up, down, and across the river, is most beautiful. A part of the bank 

 along the water is particularly prolific in spring flowers ; and this Lady Tan- 

 kerville never has mown with the rest of the lawn till June, lest these flowers 

 should be destroyed. This amiable trait reminds us of a lady in Lanarkshire, 

 near the Falls of Clyde, who has the cowslips in her lawn taken up with balls 

 whenever it is mown while they are in flower, and carefully reset in their 

 places after the scythe and the broom. Besides the many fine specimens of 

 trees and shrubs on the lawn at Walton, there is a small oblong grove, chiefly 

 of limes, the branches of which, on every side reaching to the ground and ex- 

 cluding the light, give to the interior the appearance of a cathedral, with a 

 rich roof of tracery. There are two distinct varieties of the scarlet oak, and 

 near them a very fine tree of the Turkey oak, which, on this deep sandy soil, 

 is found to grow much faster, and to make a taller straighter tree than either 

 the common oak, or any other species of the genus. The Turkey oak, Mr. 

 Richardson thinks, ought to be generally planted instead of the common oak. 

 Its timber, we believe, is somewhat coarser in the grain, and perhaps not quite 

 so durable ; but it is a tree of much more rapid growth, and generally contains 

 most of its timber in a straight trunk ; while the common oak is proverbial 

 for the size of, and consequently quantity of timber in, its lateral branches. 



Two circumstances struck us, hi the course of this tour, which it may not 

 be out of place to mention. The first was the high price of human food of 

 every kind in the country, compared to what it is in London, or its immediate 

 vicinity. House and garden rent is undoubtedly considerably lower; but by 

 no means to such an extent as to compensate for the difference in the price of 

 food. We see in this the main cause of the great increase of London. Who- 

 ever has a moderate income, from rent, or savings of any kind, can have more 

 enjoyment there for the same money, than he can have any where else in the 

 island. Hence London will go on increasing till it is many times its present 

 size ; and, if the system of roads or streets, supply of water, sewerage, lighting, 

 and (what soon, we have no doubt, will take place) heating by public com- 

 panies, public gardens and places of recreation, general municipal government 

 and police, are properly attended to, we can see no possible disadvantage that 

 would result, if the metropolis were to extend to Lowestoff on the one hand, 

 and to Liverpool on the other. Supplies would then be received from Ire- 

 land and North America, on the west, and from the shores of the Baltic and 

 the Mediterranean, on the east, and distributed over the interior by means of 

 railroads and locomotive engines. 



The next thing which struck us was the great variety and beauty of which 

 the public roads are susceptible ; in some places by the improvements of the 

 proprietors in building and planting, and in other places by the unenclosed 

 margins of turf, of irregular width, sprinkled with trees. There are some fine 

 examples of this kind of road about Woking, and thence to Guildford. We 

 could not help regretting that, in some places, these marginal strips of waste, 

 as they are called, have been enclosed by fences brought as near the road as 

 the law will permit; thus reducing the road to a broad lane, which is neither so 

 soon dried after rain as when it is left open, nor so light for the traveller in a 

 dark night. The strips thus enclosed are frequently planted, and, in that case, 

 the effect on the road is much worse. We have seen enclosures of this kind made 

 and planted on the outside of park walls; a mode of proceeding which appears 

 particularly ungracious towards the public, on the part of those who have 

 already so much. Far more becoming conduct in a wealthy proprietor, who 

 took an interest in the beauty of his country, and sympathised with the en- 



