NOVEMBER 20, 1875.] 
THE САРРЕМЕР5 
CHRONICLE. 
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erint dle сена toa самга height, but so 
well c d with wo d t their points 
are only now and then visible, ank t 
west side is so very steep that a walk w ilt up from 
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romantic stone bridge. On the sides 
and at top the builder, at my request, introduced 
a spadeful of loam in differ parts in t 
plant Ivy the smaller varieti i 
as the орнек "uen m-nigrum, It 
ly nine years since this bridge was built, енд by 
this mode of piis n it has for some yea: 
attained the apparent age of ninety-and-nine, the bn 
a gr o the surface of the water, o 
ig on bank, an ng a very striki 
effect, giving a light and charm to the dark regions 
low. Th is very secluded, and would form 
a suitable ab for a hermit. There Fe - 
numerable : on the rocks Polypodium vulgare, bifi- 
dum, serratum, &c., and on the margin of the stream 
varieties hyri Filix-fcemi and ea 
dilatata gracefully drooping over the water's edge, 
h 2 gee: regalis ta a con- 
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o rocks near the stone —— where it prospered as 
ifi in its native home. 
unobserved by ca Gow 
келш vi T t July some night owl or E 
ke ff this long-loved treasure, and, in 
to facilitate his fligbt, 
and more easily conce al it сла 
ested it of its fi s i ot the 
first or second time such depredations have b m- 
mitted, I should be very glad et th igh 
n iolage 
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variety, is a picture of stillness and repose, the beauty 
E enchanting as to induce one to imagine himself in 
iryland. 
“ The garden is маме їп 2 e corner of 
the park, and thre e distant from 
the mansion. On y "arrival here it caly comprised 
within its walls 14 acre. Plans were prepared for 
making an addition of 43 «а, part to be devoted to 
flowers margined with shrubs. Owing to the ve 
unequal state of the ground, which had to be worked 
Into several different levels, this was the work of 
Several years, and e present, at least, I will 
defer gi description of its parts. ce x t 
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that of an inverted arch, consisting of inclines, levels, 
and terraces, more agreeable to the eye tha he 
backs of the men ж. rk SE w nog at 
manure, &c. ing time the garden i 
improved, clumps of trees were plan park, 
and banks and belts wherever an sue irae could 
be devised, 
" In 1842 a range of new houses was constructed, 
and the gar 
m Own, and who was missed an 
tough ан E: he lived. i 
Sta Ape wed improve 
pom y life а lo 
a lover of Ferns, 
Cilgerran, the serratum in the glen, 
Ladies iran near Nivers; раа vulgare 
var. multifidum and var. ramosum near Cilgerran, 
and var, — near Nivern. "These with many 
more were treasured and potted, and their wants 
duly attended М to, in the hope 
ot ve i ay I might have the pleasure of 
designing and making a hardy fi = . Long ere 
is rec necat зои had taken great delight in Ferns 
ting, and could readily name at sight 
tree fourths c it: the British Ferns, n a journey to 
tum ; this is ‘po rown erus glass, and has 
attained = noble size of a specimen 7 feet in circum- 
admiration of all who have 
this period the i дг апата 
Society sprung up, at which w onstant 
and for many years stint off the leading 
ections en ae aa ines, Grapes, stove 
d anor ный s, &c., to the number of 
tiet or thirty ann 
began to spri 
prove the V aen лені of the "pant, DNA was 
discontinued at Cardigan. ver, possess a 
Ist prize mát > a етее awarded by the Royal 
Horticultural Society, bearin e June 17, 1 
and subsequently енне: а Ist prize at 
Carmarthen for a Pine-apple, and have not since 
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** What I consider to be my greatest d E 
was the M vising and constructing a new road, which 
had been in contemplation before I с ond $5 Wales, 
aoe Es. ended 
no cause for much diversit 
objected to for this reason—that the 
beautifully undulating and picturesque, iik from 
the man rigid an angle of from 3° to 5°, every yard 
of the uld bé seen from the house, while the 
(жөн ар rot the lawn would be most objection- 
able. Many opinions were ask the general 
own the lawn, 
long-talked-of new road in 
was instructed to stake it out € the plantation, 
and root out the old t and to form the 
plantes So as to form an avenu 
amazingly, and towards the end 
met Mrs. Gower at the 
eatly admired. When 
road and - difficulties I said that if she would find 
me the means I would make the road down the side 
of the Tum to her —" and that of A: one 
else. pe response was, ‘‘ Со оп.” The e was 
marked out the next rdg so that no “ды y bem 
or obj t. ot interest should be p bserved 
through the whole line, great care being at the same 
time ta at the course should be pleasing and 
natural as possible. Commencing near the bridge 
hat crosses the Morgenau, the as made to 
follow the course of the just low enough to 
keep the road out of view from the lawn and the 
direction, leaving t 
brook а follow its course. This point rising from the 
walk at e of 55^, was fixed 
A num were em- 
plo 
ide of the line, while 
epu the ч è vut i for about a пага 
s, one half the width ot. sel asonry ege he 
line constantly windi c 
e south-east side of the dry re built of ee 
ed to on the same leve 
me i beca dt: He. tht angle of the 
bank was only 35°, the curvature of line less, and no 
ildi uired at this 
building was req ра M ee 
carried awa f course as we advanced the depth 
decreased, and, the x g placed in three 
companies, the progress was great, so that early in 
November we arrived safe ial — le the heights 
in the avenue of Deoda us far two companies 
the men advanced, while d third pe retained to 
complete P" cage 
** Durin e pr нд "d the work I had 
considering what sort of a fence 
lare and its varieties, such as subtripinnatum, Lastrea 
dilatata and Lastrea Filix-mas 
noble ha the latter giving the plece quite a tropical 
appearan es e marginal line, and all open spaces 
between rod 
more than from 1 inches of soil. This pla 
uite a gem for the margins of wilderness drives c 
walks, the edges requiring to clipped only orce 
very ither side of the walk leading fro 
the to the road was form rdy fernery, 
lanted with a most inte lection of British 
seats were placed on the etre at convenient intcr- 
vals, Thus ends this portion of a most romantic and 
interesting driv е. 
** Advancing to the summit ofi ү southern bank of 
the Tivy the view e loveliest ard 
ed landscapes on whi ^ a eye can feast. 
the first recognisable, vos is 
So qs 
e been змей from 
It is beautifully ийм ted, nes 
and towering among trees as if grown up from amongst _ 
€—M the remote distance is scen 
he fine conical em of Warron, whicb, from 
while ever point, is always a principal object among 
undulating forms of the adjacent hills, 
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je year 1135. ere is a sma 
derives its name from its association with the English 
ho were so defeated there—the word ‘‘Saeson” sig- 
nifying ©“ Engl e е the east, and next іп succes- 
sion, is the of Mrs. Phillips, of Glenor | 
prettily si t on an emin overlooking Castle 
and the ani village, o. 
Llec the north-east, and higher up, 
peg pur Jones, 2 
Tn the distance, а high e picturesque and 
wooded knolls of "Hiaenpeat, the seat of Mr. Brigstock 
l pi ut, i 
supposed ave been erected by Roger Montgomery 
bout the r 1094, and here 
e and отаси n m- view, c 
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ес нае adjacent Uy the which 
leads to 
à E to em that - Азын; the line 
seats mark the ch ief points of 
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the blessings of health to kd 
labour," 
