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dressed part of the demesne. Looting down npon the pool 

 we see part of the water, and most of the statuary, and 

 onwards, past the fine Chestnut (24) on the left, and the 

 mass of Limes on the right, part of the conservatory ter- 

 minates the view in the engraving ; but the eye sweeps 

 far beyond that, and takes in the tower and the flagstaff of 

 the parish church, &c. This view is that which we have 

 engraved. 



From this same walk (25) on the plan, a fine view is ob- 

 tained over the top of the pool of the serpentine ribbon- 

 border (30), which, commencing in a low level near the west 

 end of the pool, winds somewhat abruptly up the hill, the 

 rising as well as the winding giving additional charms to 

 its beauty. Both these borders are beautifully backed by 

 evergreens, which reflected the bright colouring of the 

 ribbons. They were thus planted on each side of the walk 

 beginning at the grass verge : — Cerastium tomentosum, 

 18 inches in width, followed by Lobelia speciosa, Aurea 



floribunda Calceolaria, and old, bright, rather strong Scarlet 

 Geraniums, each of these 18 inches in width, the same as the 

 Cerastium. The dense planting, with the rise and bending 

 of the borders, rendered them very attractive. 



There is a beautiful "Weeping Willow at the top of the 

 seahorse pool ; and between it and the terrace at the west end 

 of Jordan's pool is a steep sloping bank of beautiful grass, 

 the one pool being some 20 or 30 feet in height above the 

 other. From the walk above this bank a fine view is ob- 

 tained of part of the mansion over the head of the Willow, 

 part of the seahorse pool, and onwards beyond the mansion, 

 over part of the Scotch Firs, of the racecourse. 



Jordan's pool (32), is much the largest, and has a brick 

 wall all round its sides, and a nice boat-house. There is an 

 island chiefly of the Alder, and some nice Oaks, Birches, and 1 

 Willows fringing its banks. On the terrace at its west end 

 are four very lofty vases filled with Scarlet Geraniums and 

 sculptured with the heads of celebrated warriors, poets, and 



statesmen ; but which our artisans of the black country have 

 christened The Twelve Apostles, showing that they knew 

 rather more of their Bible than the great names of the world's 

 antiquity. The great attraction of this pool is its wonderful 

 jet, which rises in a straight column of water and spray to 

 the enormous height of 180 feet. The boatman by rowing 

 to the jet puts on ever so many devices ; but to us one lofty 

 jet was the grand one. Many years ago we witnessed the 

 jet of the Emperor fountain at Chatsworth, and though 

 memory is deceitful, and the present is apt to drive out the 

 past, this at Enville seemed the more lofty and magnificent. 

 One great charm was, that we were privileged with the sight 

 of numerous beautiful rainbows, two or three in the dashing 

 spray at one time. "We had never seen any but the slightest 

 appearance of them in similar circumstances before, but 

 here they were massive, and no sooner was one gone than 

 another and another appeared. We stood with our backs to 

 the sun which was shining brightly. Mr. Craw said he never 

 saw anything so grand in that way before. There might 



have been some peculiar condition in the atmosphere that 

 helped to give us so many of these shifting, shading, coloured 

 bows. "We could not help wishing that they had been seen 

 by some four thousand of our brethren of the black country 

 as something of the beautiful to talk about for days and 

 years to come. The gardens are open during summer for 

 two days in the week, and frequently there are from three to 

 four thousand visitors, Lord Stamford adding to his other 

 liberality, the great kindness of having these fountains 

 played half an hour each day for their gratification. 



These fountains are supplied from a reservoir on the ele- 

 vated sheep-walks which we afterwards visited, and which 

 is itself filled by two engines of thirty-five horse-power each, 

 and managed by an engineer and assistants. The size of 

 this reservoir, strongly and securely built, is in length 

 435 feet, width 135 feet, and depth 10 feet, and it holds when 

 full 4,110,750 gallons. In noticing such works and their 

 results, we could not help reflecting, that though it is often 

 a great thing for the designer to derive personal satisfaction 



