THE PLEASURE GROUND. 271 



MANAGEMENT OF THE HEATHS. 



The annexed Plate represents the Ground Plan, 

 Elevation, and Section of the Heathery, which was 

 erected from the designs of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, a 

 plan of which was engraved for the " Hortus Ericoeus 

 Woburnensis," printed by His Grace the Duke of 

 Bedford, in 1825, for private distribution. I shall 

 take the liberty of quoting the following passage 

 from His Grace's Introduction to the " Hortus Eri- 

 caeus." 



" It is universally acknowledged, that the genus 

 comprised in the following Catalogue requires a free 

 exposure to the influence of light and air; and I, 

 therefore, suggested a due attention to a circum- 

 stance of so much importance to my architect, Sir 

 Jeffry Wyatville, who gave me a plan for a Heath- 

 house, elevated considerably above the level of the 

 ground, by being erected over a covered walk within 

 the Pleasure Ground, which leads to the various offi- 

 ces, and other buildings connected with the estab- 

 lishment, lighted from both sides, as well as from 

 the roof, and affording a fuller exposure of both light 

 and air than could have been possibly obtained by 

 any other means. I have found this Heath-house 

 admirably adapted to its purpose, and have annexed 

 a plan of it to the Catalogue." 



This Heathery is above 100 feet in length, by 12 

 feet wide, and 9 feet high, to the centre or ridge 

 of the roof. The stages for the plants are arranged 



