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attained upwards of eight feet in height in the 

 natural soil. This consists of a light yellow sandy 

 loam, free from any kind of peat, in which Ame- 

 rican, and other flowering plants, flourish in equal 

 luxuriance, which renders this an ornamental and 

 interesting part at all seasons of the year ; it 

 may be very justly termed the Winter Gardens. 

 The sheets of water, which are represented in the 

 sketch, form a pleasing feature to the adjoining 

 scenery ; their margins being diversified by the 

 Weeping Ash, Willow, and clumps of other appro- 

 priate trees, shrubs, &c. In the centre of the broadest 

 part of the lower lake, is a handsome Turkish 

 Chiosk, surrounded by Poplars, Rhododendrons, and 

 other Evergreens ; and, at the nearest extremity, a 

 Viaduct, which connects the upper sheet of water 

 with the lower, they being on two different levels. 

 Over this Viaduct, the public road passes from 

 Woburn, through the centre of the Park, to the 

 Abbey, and neighbouring villages. At the Woburn 

 entrance is the commencement of an handsome 

 avenue, of about 60 feet in width : this avenue 

 passes through a part of the Evergreens, and is lined 

 with Cedars, Hollies, Spruces, Evergreen Oaks, 

 &c. &c. and extends, from the Park-Gate towards 

 the Abbey, above half a mile in length, where it 

 terminates with a plain Doric-lodge. 



The upper piece of water, which is of a circuitous 

 form, embraces a small circular Island, in the centre, 

 which is planted with low shrubs, where the Rho- 

 dodendrons are most conspicuous, the reflection of 

 whose flowers in the water produces a most pleasing 

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