MR HAY'S JOURNAL IN HAMPSHIRE. ;>57 



No. XI. 

 EXTRACTS from Mr Hay's Journal in Hampshire. 



Having parted with my friends Messrs Neill and Mac- 

 donald at Brighton, I proceeded to Portsmouth, and arrived 

 next day (Oct. G.) at Broadlands, the seat of Lord Viscount 

 Palmerstone. 



The grounds here were laid out by the celebrated Brown. 

 The river Tees, which passes through the park, has been 

 much improved in some places by widening it, and by dress- 

 ing the grounds along its banks. These are indeed very 

 fine ; the plantations on the more distant banks, in particu- 

 lar, having a remarably good effect. Mr Brown, I think, 

 has not been very happy in his choice of a situation for the 

 garden and offices. They are placed very near to the house, 

 and between it and the town of Rumsey, which is in the im- 

 mediate vicinity. 



There are here some remarkably large English elms : of 

 one which I measured, the trunk was II feet 6 inches high 

 from the ground, to where it separates into two enormous 

 branches, which I estimated to be about SO or 40 feet each 

 in extent of good timber. 



This garden is of considerable size. It is surrounded with 

 a brick-wall, and divided by another into two equal parts. 

 There are forcing-houses for grapes and pine-apples ; and the 

 pinery is very good. Mr George Watson, who has the charge 

 of the gardens and plantations, is well informed in eveiy 

 branch of his profession. Mr Watson introduced me to Dr 

 Latham, physician at Rumsey, who possesses a rich cabinet 

 of natural history articles. As connected with my pursuits, 

 he shewed me a portfolio of drawings made by himself of the 

 best pears and apples which are cultivated in that part of the 

 country. He has a garden attached to his house, and is cu- 

 rious in the cultivation of fruits. Mr Watson informed me 

 that the pear called in Scotland the Swan-egg, is here com- 

 monly named the Muirfowl-egg. They are very distinct; 

 and the muirfowl-egg produced on standard-trees is perhaps 

 one of our very best Scottish pears. 



We afterwards visited the Church of Ramsey, a large and 

 ancient pile. On the east end of it, and on the top of an aisle 



