this instance to produce b) r the massing of foliage an effect as rich and rare as that hitherto confined 

 to flowers; and there is certainly a gorgeousness about it, novel and perfect. To deal with the 

 various tints of each leafy mass with any degree of regularity or conclusiveness is next to impossible ; it 

 is by dwelling intently on them that the most beautiful effect is rendered ; and the Cyssus climbing above 

 and around all is like a richly carved and decorated framework round a picture of the highest class of 

 art. There are also some good specimens of Nymphia. The background is well filled up with fine 

 examples of rock work, and the towering Musa, &c. 



To the rear of these buildings are the propagating sheds, and some more rooms for the young 

 men, decorated with Messrs Minton's encaustic tiles. Immediately facing these is a very excellent 

 Heath Pit, of great extent, containing a rare and choice collection. And directly following is what is 

 called the Children s Garden, nicely laid out, and boasting a Swiss Cottage fitted up with every con- 

 venience for juvenile fetes. 



We now again cross the Trent by means of a ferry boat, to which are attached ropes for the 

 purpose of locomotion, noticing to our right an ancient looking stone bridge of four arches, and before 

 us, rising between two elm trees, a handsome clock tower, surmounted by a fine bronze figure of 

 Mercury, On landing we read lac non dejit, and enter the Dairy, the walls of which are composed 

 of white china square tiles, with naturally coloured ivy-leaf borders. The floor is of the buff encaustic 

 tile, with ivy-leaf lines traversing it ; and the milk pans are white on black slabs of slate, round which 

 a stream of water continually runs. On entering the Hall yard we look up, and in a niche of the 

 clock tower is a full-length figure of Admiral Sir Richard Leveson, celebrated as a commander under 

 Sir Francis Drake at the destruction of the Spanish Armada in 1588. In the north transept of St 

 Peter's Church, Wolverhampton, there is a full-length Brass Statue of this warrior, represented in the 

 style of armour worn at that period ; and the one referred to is a most excellent cast from the original. 

 At th§ dissolution, on the site of the Hall stood a Priory for canons of the Augustine order, which, 

 with its possessions, was granted to William, Duke of Suffolk, and subsequently purchased, with many 

 others, by the Leveson family, ancestors of the present noble owner. We now pass through 



the Stable yard, out at the Lodge gates — the Lodge that so many thousands of "poor travellers" 

 gratefully remember — and across another tributary of the Trent, which comes down through the park. 

 To the right are the Fish stews, and the Poultry yard or Aviary, a very pretty descriptive building, in 

 the rustic Italian style, and which, for arrangement and finish in regard to its object, is not surpassed. 

 To the left are the extensive Farm buildings, and Workshops, where artisans of every trade labour 

 in supplying the wants of so large an establishment. Further on is the Girls' School, a neat and 

 picturesque building, which is entirely supported by her Grace's liberality and benevolence. 



Returning, we pass into the Park, where so many thousands of the inhabitants of the neighbouring 

 districts find recreation, and hopefully search after health ; where the song is raised, the laugh echoed, 

 and the busy feet move in the invigorating dance ; where the manly game of cricket brings its admirers, 

 and the happy faces of youth smile over the thoughts of their endless joys ; where, as we now stand, 

 the western sun is scattering among the tops of the old trees the brilliant tints of its dying hour, the song 

 of the thrush is sinking into a soft plaintive melody, and the verdant leaves sigh and quiver as the 

 beautiful sleep of night falls, dream-like, o'er them ; where, as we gaze, the evening star, radiant and 

 holy, breaks like a smile from its deep blue home on our upturned faces ; and where, in this mentioned 

 hour, we pause, and rest from our pleasant labour, in the hope that the pages of " Trentham" will be 

 read with as much pleasure as they were happily penned. 



