1 2 Notes on Garde?is and Country Seats : — 



well as in all the places I have seen in this neighbourhood 

 where pines are grown, the plants are quite free from insects of 

 every description, which may be in a great measure attributed 

 to the suckers and crowns being brought forward in dung heat, 

 the steam of which destroys every thing of the kind. Mr. Steers 

 says that it is of little consequence to him, in getting suckers or 

 crowns from other places, whether they are clean or not; as, by 

 first plunging them in dung heat, he is never after troubled with 

 insects of any kind. His beds were all uniformly, or nearly so, 

 of a milk-warm temperature. 



Cambridge House. — On approaching Richmond from Twick- 

 enham, this place is situate on the right, near Richmond Bridge, 

 and, of course, on the bank of the Thames. The house stands 

 on a flat park-like lawn, of about sixty acres in extent, on which 

 there are some fine handsome elms. The present proprietor is 

 H. Bevan, Esq., who, since the purchase, a little more than two 

 years ago, has made considerable improvements, among which 

 are a new lodge entrance, and an approach to the house. The 

 kitchen-garden contains about an acre and a half within the 

 walls, in which Mr. Bevan has erected two good ranges of 

 forcing-houses and four ranges of pits. One of the ranges, 

 nearly 100 ft. in length, is divided into three compartments, 

 which are appropriated for an early and late peach-house, and 

 a grapery. The trellis under the glass for the early peach-house 

 is continued up straight for nearly two thirds the length of the 

 lights ; and that for the late peach-house forms a complete 

 quarter of a circle from the front ; thus letting in a larger por- 

 tion of sun and light to the trees at the back. The other range, 

 for pineries, about 70 ft. long, is also divided into three, which 

 appear admirably constructed for fruiting-houses. The four 

 ranges of pits are in front of each other, and each about 40 ft. 

 in length, and of different widths. The widest one, at the back, is 

 for pines; and the others for melons, cucumbers, &c. All these 

 pits are heated with dung linings, which are well covered all 

 round with sloping shuttei's. The whole of these houses and 

 pits are constructed in the most substantial manner, and, ap- 

 parently, without regard to expense; much to the credit both of 

 the proprietor, and of the person who gave the designs. All 

 the houses are heated with hot water, which Mr. Wilson, the 

 gardener, approves of beyond any other system of heating. Mr. 

 Wilson practises largely the drilling system with his garden 

 crops ; which, while it gives a neatness in appearance, is highly 

 advantageous for thinning and cleaning. On the side of the 

 approach from the kitchen-garden towards the house, a lofty 

 span-roofed orangery has been erected : its dimensions are 

 50 ft. long, by 25 ft. wide. The roof is hipped, or sloped back, 

 at the ends ; and half the roof at the back is of glass, and half 



