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was Scottow Park, and the last of our trees the weeping willow ; we shall 

 now enumerate the seats and trees noticed up the to end of No. xi. 



Houghton Park ; the Seat of the Marquess of Cholmondeli/. — " Every thing, 

 except the trees, seems to have suffered by the long lapse of years : on their 

 heads it has put fresh honours ; and if in some instances they are sinking 

 into dilapitude, their decay is unattended by any of that regret which we ex- 

 perience in beholding the untimely abandonment of the buildings." 



Hunstanton Park ; H. Le Straiige Styleman Le Strange, Esq. — " Parts of 

 the house are of great age, having a staircase, each step of which is formed 

 of a single solid block of oak. The carved-work round the doors, and the 

 paneling of the drawingroom, with its rich cornice, are truly beautiful. The 

 tops of the hills, with their precipitous edges, are well clothed with young 

 and thriving plantations. The evergreen oak (Quercus Ilex} and the cedar 

 of Lebanon, which are in profusion here, have grown with great rapidity, and 

 create a deep massive effect. Here are also many goodly oaks, which fling 

 their branches around, and raise their lofty heads in defiance of the sea 

 breezes." 



Sproivston Park ; Rev. W. J. Carver. — " Around the hall there are several 

 lofty poplars (Populus fastigiata} with trunks measuring each 10 ft. in cir- 

 cumference ; a cluster pine (Pinus Pinaster) 9 ft. 8 in. ; together with some 

 fine specimens of the elm and beech. At the north-west front of the building, 

 in the park, is an oak called ' The King of Sprowston,' a wide-extending 

 regular tree, having a stem of 15 ft. in circumference, the branches over- 

 spreading a space of 2.9 yards in diameter. In the same direction, and close 

 by the road to Rackheath, is an extraordinary lime tree (Tilia europcea), 

 which has attracted the attention of many a spectator." 



Rackheath Park ; Sir Edtvard Stracey, Bart. — " This demesne forms a fair 

 and plentiful show, not yet grand, but abounding in all the elements which in 

 after years will make it so. The impress of beauty is upon it now, in the 

 usual outlines of youthfulness : we have no dark forest-sides here ; no avenues 

 with their cathedral-like vistas ; few trees which tempests have vexed, and 

 fewer moulded into the picturesque forms of extreme age. All these have to 

 follow." 



Wroxham House Park ; Rev. John Humfrey. — " Seldom have we witnessed 

 a place of the same extent, and it is far from being large, abounding in so 

 nmch fine timber. The oaks around the house are of goodly dimensions, 

 bearing that bold contorted outline which is at once so beautiful and so cha- 

 racteristic of the species. The Scotch pines here are also well worthy of 

 notice, and the beeches and horsechestnuts far from contemptible." 



Hoveton House Park ; Rev. Thomas C. Blofeld. — " Tiie Portugal laurels in 

 front of the house, although not so tall as some that we have seen, are of 

 great circumference. There is also a choice selection of hawthorns, which, 

 with the holly, have found a soil to rejoice in. The walnut {Juglans regia) 

 has arrived at a considerable size ; and we noticed a copper beech assuming 

 all the character of the common one. Otherwise, it is more the general ap- 

 pearance of the place, than any trees of particular beauty, which here attracts 

 attention." 



Spixworth Park ; John Longe, Esq. — "A splendid conservatory is appended 

 to the south end of the house : we may venture to say, there are few, if any, 

 which can compete with it in the county. It is beautifully arranged, and 

 replete with exotics and other plants of many of the rarer tribes. The orna- 

 mental grounds are kept with that neatness and ' lucidus ordo ' so indispen- 

 sable to produce effect. They are of very considerable extent, and in perfect 

 harmony with the- date of the mansion. Here is a smooth greensward, with 

 noble beech trees feathered down to the ground. The elegant vases, half- 

 hidden with creepers, scattered over the parterres, give peculiar effect to that 

 class of plants, and bestow throughout a dressy and finished appearance." 



Wroxham Hall ; Sigismund Trafford, Esq. — " The great use of trees is to 

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