chiefly between London and Sheffield. 44*9 



blossoms, with the foliage of a deep shining green ; in another, an abundant 

 crop of grapes was ripe. 



The flues, or chimneys, from all the close fireplaces in the house at Bridge 

 Hill, are carried into one tunnel, which is conducted up the steep side of the 

 hill, and terminates in one chimney, at such a distance from the house, that the 

 smoke is no nuisance. All the laundry operations are carried on as described in 

 Sylvester's Philosophy of Domestic Economy, already mentioned. The coals 

 for the bed-room fireplaces are carried up outside of the house, to depo- 

 sitories on a level with the principal bed-room floor, thus saving much dirt 

 and inconvenience. There is a " turn about," or barrel door, by which all arti- 

 cles usually carried into the kitchen, or given out from it to the farm servants, 

 are received or transmitted, without the one party entering the house, or 

 the other going out of it ; such as milk from the cow-house, meat from the 

 butcher, vegetables from the garden, &c. The jib-doors in the passages to 

 the kitchen may be opened by applying the foot to a lever, like the pedal of a 

 pianoforte, so that a servant, with a tray, or any article which requires to be 

 carried by both hands, need not set the tray down, but, by applying his foot, 

 may pass right on. 



Mr. Jessop's Garden, in Derby, contains a curious variety of broad-leaved 

 elm planted by Pontey, and named by him the Gallows Elm ; because he 

 found the original tree standing near a gallows in the neighbourhood of York. 

 Though we have frequently heard of this tree, we had never before seen a 

 fine specimen of it. When the leaves expand in May they are of a fine 

 yellow colour, like those of the Corstorphine plane ; and, indeed, the tree may 

 be said to bear the same relation to f/'lmus montana, that the Corstorphine 

 plane (^4 x cer Pseudo-Platanus lutescens) bears to the common sycamore (^ v cer 

 Pseudo-Platanus). See Arb. Brit. art. A'cer. 



The Garden of Mr. Bonam, in the outskirts of Derby, is not more than 

 twenty yards square, but it is rendered quite a work to wonder at by the pos- 

 sessor, who is upwards of seventy years of age, who took to gardening late in 

 life, and is engaged as a workman in a brewery in Derby all day. The ground 

 is thrown into hills and pits, varied by rockwork, roots, seats, and other 

 objects, intermixed with many curious and beautiful plants, shrubs, trees, &c. 

 Mr. Bonam has effected every thing by his own personal labour in the even- 

 ings, and without the aid of money. He enjoys excellent health and spirits, 

 and is enthusiastically attached to his garden. 



The Derby Nurseries are not at present remarkable. One is occupied by 

 Mr. Palmer, and the other, and larger, by Messrs. Wilson and Sadler. The 

 soil is admirably adapted for the growth of trees ; and some parts of it are, 

 like the soil at Glazenwood, suitable for growing peat-earth plants with- 

 out the use of peat. Great improvement is anticipated in this concern, from 

 some recent changes in the proprietorship and management. 



Bretby Hall, the Seat of the Earl of Chesterfield, is situated in a beautifully 

 undulated country, and the mansion, which is in the castellated style, by Wyatt, 

 has fine views on two sides. The building is not finished; and the gardens 

 round it are not laid out, as they doubtless ultimately will be, in a style at all 

 suitable to the house and the place. All that can be said in favour of Bretby 

 Hall is, that the situation has very great natural advantages, and that there 

 is abundance of scattered trees and plantations. Near the house is a large 

 cedar of Lebanon, supposed to be one of the first which was planted in Eng- 

 land. The circumference of the trunk at 4 ft. from the ground is 15 ft., and 

 its estimated height 70 ft. It has lost several branches within the last few 

 years, but it is still a noble tree, and being situated on a small artificial knoll, 

 has a commanding effect. Among the pictures in the house are three por- 

 traits of this tree, taken at different times, and showing the tree in different 

 states. The architectural details of the exterior elevation of the house shows 

 how little Gothic architecture was understood 30 years ago, even by a master 

 in this style, to what it is at present. 



Repton. — Close to the church and school of this village are some remark- 

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