hill, to which it is first pumped by the united action of two engines, each of thirty-horse power. The 

 day was one of the most favourable, as the slightest breeze spoils the regularity of the display, and the 

 clear blue sky, into which towered the conical head of the massive cloud, with the crystal stream darting 

 across it, brought distinctly out the most beautiful and effective features of the fountain. In the 

 course of a few minutes it had reached its culminating point, leaping like a bright and joyous thing of 

 life high into the air, and falling around in absolute clouds of the most brilliant and variegated colour. 

 We stood watching this superb spectacle till, at a given signal, it gradually sunk as if tired with its 

 exertions ; the bosom of the lake caught its last murmuring ripple, and all was still. 



The River-horse Fountain was next put in motion, and, with its characteristic streams darting and 

 splashing about in every direction, formed a strong but strikingly picturesque contrast to the more lofty 

 pretensions of its neighbour. The central figure throws a single jet seventy feet, and those surrounding 

 it, sixteen others, to a height of forty feet. The margin of the lake is planted with flowering shrubs 

 and deciduous trees, while over the gently rising hills that branch from it are scattered groups of ornamental 

 plants and flowers. When this fountain is in full play, supported as it is by so rare a combination of 

 natural and decorative scenery, the effect is really grand and impressive. During the Enville fetes, these 

 lakes and the principal part of the gardens are gorgeously illuminated — as many as 160,000 variegated 

 lamps being sometimes used — and mimic naval engagements, accompanied by the most brilliant Pyrotechnic 

 displays, sometimes enacted on their surface. 



At the bottom of the hill, near the Hall, there is a very beautiful specimen of the Taxodium distichum, 

 forty feet high, and adjoining it a single Rhododendron of remarkable dimensions, being upwards of 100 

 feet in circumference. The Countess of Stamford's Garden is a pretty, delightful spot, commanding an 

 excellent view of the Conservatory and the contiguous grounds. A fountain, consisting of a single 

 jet d'eau, darting into the air in a long thin silvery line, falls into a shell-grooved basin, surrounded 

 by several small circular beds of the choicest plants. Rustic baskets, filled with a select variety of 

 flowers, stand here and there on the soft green turf, protected on one side by a semi-circular fringe 

 of yew, laurel, and other evergreens, with marginal lines of Verbena venosa, calceolaria, some of 

 the rarest geraniums, and others. A short distance from this well-arranged garden is an interesting 

 group of the Tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipifera). 



The Kitchen Garden is divided from the ornamental grounds by the road leading to the village. It 

 is nearly square in form, and occupies about four acres, the whole being surrounded by a brick-wall, 

 twelve feet high, and trained with flourishing, hardy fruits. All the houses, which constitute an acre of 

 glass, have been erected within the last five years, and consist of a Trentham wall-case, 365 feet long, 

 six vineries, a new Holland house, two stove, one strawberry, and five forcing-houses, and a range of pine- 

 pits. The black Hamburgh and black Barbarossa grapes are largely cultivated, which attain, with 

 other fruits, a superior degree of excellence. We saw some fine specimens of the Lilium giganteum, ten 

 feet high, and several other rare and interesting plants, including some beautiful Ferns and Ericas. On the 

 outside of the garden walls is a piece of ground, rather more than two acres in extent, where the principal 

 part of the common vegetables and much hardy fruit is grown. 



The beautiful plateau fronting the entrance gates is the Cricket Ground, on which are annually contested 

 some of the most interesting matches in England. It consists of six and a quarter acres, and, although, 

 apparently level, has a gradual incline of eleven feet. The Earl of Stamford, who is passionately attached 

 to this rare old English and manly game, as well as most other field sports, spares no expense in making 

 it one of the finest and most liberally-conducted in the kingdom. 



