164? Plan of the Grounds 



fruiting plants here, would be of no service, as they are such a^ 

 I should not recommend generally. If the garden had been 

 placed where I first proposed it, at g., on a part of the holme 

 north of the house, with a good wall at the north extremity 

 (which would have served both for a fruit wall and a boundary), 

 with a good belt of trees outside to shelter the whole, and to 

 hide the barren views in that direction, then the present garden 

 would have made a proper and interesting addition to the pleasure- 

 ground. I had proposed this part of the grounds to unite and 

 communicate with the hanging wooded sides of the adjoining 

 hill eastward, by pulling down a side wall, which now separates 

 them from the present garden ; then by thinning out and 

 varying the outline at the margin of the wood, and facing with 

 ornamental trees and shrubs, with a winding walk through the 

 skirts of the same leading to the rustic bridge 7i. As a further 

 improvement, I proposed to continue the walk from the west 

 side of the bridge h, by an easy curve, to another bridge {i), 

 where it would again connect with the grounds. These additions 

 were, however, declined ; but it appears very plainly they would 

 have been great improvements. The natural and uneven lawn (Jc) 

 Is quite on the surface of rocks ; and its rugged descent harmo- 

 nises well with the still more rugged rocky sides, and the bed 

 of the water ; and any art, except planting, on this piece would 

 evidently decrease its native beauty and effect. The ground at 

 the north side of the approach road is a raised inclining mound (/), 

 sloping from the north boundary to the road, and about 5 ft. 

 high, with a view to shelter, and hiding as much as possible the 

 before-mentioned barren views on that side. By the water side, 

 and below the level of the ground, is a privy (wz), and a subter- 

 raneous passage, or arcade (w), where are preserved many antique 

 remains of Roman altars, with other figures and inscriptions on 

 stone, from the adjoining Roman station. The approach road (o) 

 is 10 ft. wide, and the walks {p) are 4 ft. wide. The flower borders 

 are at q, and the stable and gig-house at r : s is a vista showing 

 the Roman station from the house. The whole ground (exclu- 

 sive of the woods {t) on the east, and the ground west of the 

 water with the dotted walk u) amounts to very little more than 

 one acre. The plan is laid down to a scale of 60 ft. to an inch. 

 The garden contains one fourth of an acre ; and the ground 

 marked for planting, about 4497 square ft., nearly 16^ perches. 

 The whole is well sheltered, and the ground was prepared by 

 deep trenching. This, at an average distance of 3J ft., I calcu- 

 lated to take 350 shrubs, and 200 ornamental trees for the 

 margins and conspicuous parts of the adjoining woods. 



Ornamental Trees. — 5 Scarlet maple, 5 Norway maple, 5 

 Scarlet-flowering horsechestnut, 5 Yellow-flowering horsechest- 

 nut, 5 Cut-leaved alder, 5 Shining-leaved sweet chestnut, 5 Cut- 



