Mount Grove, Hampstead. 



situations, where they are found to thrive nearly as well as they 

 would in a newly planted villa. 



Mount Grove, Hampstead, the Seat of T. N". Longman, Esq., 

 {Jigs. 1. to 5.) is situated at one end of Hampstead; the house 

 forming the last of «, row, but the grounds extending consider- 

 ably, so as, in addition to the lawn and gardens, to include 

 several acres of grass field. The principal natural feature in the 

 grounds is a bold swell, in the direction of east and west, from 

 which it is to be presumed that the place takes its name; and 





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Flower-Garden at Mount Grove. 



the chief exterior features are extensive prospects, showing Lon- 

 don in front, Greenwich and the river Thames on the east, and 

 Kew and other scenery in Surrey on the west. Mount Grove 

 appears to have been the residence of a lover of gardening up- 

 wards of a century ago; for it contains two remarkably fine 

 cedars, and one of the largest tulip trees in the neighbourhood 

 of London. It also contains some remarkably fine specimens of 



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