THE 



GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, 



AUGUST, 1838. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Notes on Gardens and Country Seats. By the Conductor. 



HooLE House, the Rev. Peploe W. Hamilton; occupied by 

 Lady Broughton. 



HooLE is a residence situated about two miles from the city 

 of Chester, on the road to Liverpool. The extent is between 

 twenty and thirty acres, which are arranged as a farm, lawn, 

 kitchen-garden, and flower-garden. The latter has been by far 

 the most celebrated garden of the kind in that part of the coun- 

 try for the last ten years ; and, as will shortly appear, it is in 

 design altogether unique. 



We saw Hoole in 1831, and were exceedingly desirous of 

 giving some account of it in our tour published at that time in 

 the Gardefiet-'s Magazine (see Vol. VII. p. 513. 543. and 551.); 

 but, as it is strictly a private residence, and not shown to any 

 person whatever without permission, except to the friends of 

 Lady -Broughton, we could not then prevail on Her Ladyship 

 to accede to our wishes. Having in January last seen at Mr. 

 Lonsdale, the eminent artist's, some exquisitely beautiful 

 water-colour drawings (by Mr. Pickering of Chester) of the 

 flower-garden and rock fence at Hoole, we could not resist the 

 temptation of renewing our application to Lady Broughton, for 

 permission to take engravings of them for publication. To this 

 Her Ladyship very reluctantly consented, being unwilling to give 

 publicity to her place; but, having consented, she permitted us 

 to employ a land-surveyor to take a general plan of the garden, 

 and also sent us some original plans and elevations made by 

 Mr. Harrison of Chester, the late celebrated architect, for con- 

 structing a veranda, a geranium-house, a conservatory, and 

 green-house, all connected with the living-rooms of the house. 

 We have now, therefore, to express our sincere thanks to Lady 

 Broughton for acceding to our request, and for enabling us to 

 gratify our readers with some account of the flower-garden at 

 Hoole ; and, while we do this, we feel it right to express our 

 anxious hope that the additional publicity which we are now 



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