54?2 Notices of some Gardens and Country Seats 



statues and pictures. Little or nothing has yet been done to the 

 grounds; but they possess remarkably fine features, which will, 

 doubtless, be taken advantage of. We learned here from 

 Mr. Bulteel that the best apple for cider is called the white- 

 sour; and also that the custom mentioned in our Arboretum still 

 exists, of addressing the apple trees at a particular season, but 

 with some additions as follows, the additions being in italic: — 



" Here's to thee, old apple tree, 

 Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow ; 

 And whence thou mayst bear apples enow. 



Hats full ! caps full ! 



Bushel — bushel — sacks full ! 



And my pockets full too ! 

 If thee does not bear either apple or com, 

 We'll down ivith thy top, and up with a horn" 



[Here the farmer shoots at the tree. 



Mr. Bulteel informed us that this practice is still continued 

 by some persons ; and that a few years ago a farmer, who was 

 in the habit of going through the ridiculous ceremony, was cited 

 before the ecclesiastical court for witchcraft; and that, before he 

 could disentangle himself from the net in which he had inad- 

 vertently been caught, it required a considerable outlay both of 

 time and money. 



Kitley ; E. P. Bastard, Esq. ; at present in the occupation of 

 Lord Seaton. This is an extensive and well-wooded place, with 

 a fine expanse of water. The house has recently been improved 

 in the old English style by George liepton, Esq. ; and the flower- 

 garden, Lord Seaton informed us, is from a design volunteered 

 by Chantrey, while he was on a visit to the late Mr. Bastard. 

 The drive round the park is remarkably fine, both from its 

 trees and from its views. Beautiful views of the salt-water lake 

 and estuary are obtained in some places, and of the open sea 

 in others. In one part of the drive, where it passes through 

 old quarries, the ground, the road, and the larches have been 

 so arranged as to remind us of Switzerland ; and, in other low 

 damp places, the continuity of spruce firs of different ages recalls 

 to mind the forests of this tree between Memel and Konigsburg. 

 We went to the kitchen-garden to see the Kitley shaddock ; but 

 Mr. Saunders was not at home, and we could only guess at which 

 was the plant which yielded the fruit sent to us in 1826, the 

 first year of the Gardener's Magazine. In the drive we noticed 

 a common laurel with a straight erect stem, 50 ft. high, and the 

 stem 18 in. in diameter. 



Saltram ; Earl of Morley. The park is very extensive and 

 judiciously planted, and in the kitchen-garden are some good 

 orange trees against the walls ; and myrtles, magnolias, acacias, 

 &c, as standards. The park was planted and the roads laid 



