produced was very agreeable and satisfactory. We also noticed on the margin of the river the 



common bulrush and. iris, and on its surface floated the lily in great profusion. Passing on, we cross 

 the Trent by means of a rustic bridge, and. enter the American Gardens, where many very fine speci- 

 mens show themselves in native luxuriance. Going onwards, to the left is a small but choice Rosery, 

 and more to the right an extensive, well-kept, and productive Reserve Garden, laid out in a succession 

 of circular beds, containing an innumerable collection of hardy fruit and flowering plants. The long 

 pretty walk which we now tread is another very recent improvement ; and passing beneath the over- 

 hanging boughs of some fine forest trees, we burst upon the magic and gorgeous Rainbow Walk! Let 

 us pause a moment in the midst of this beautiful floral vision, and reflect on the means bestowed upon 

 us, by an All-wise Being, to gild and make pleasant the hard walks of life. Flowers represent to 



us a language understood by every one, from the child in its cradle to the old man in his dotage ; and 

 the genuine pleasure they afford is a proof of the integrity of the heart in the pure and simple reasonings 

 of nature. Why, or how, we need not reason — it is so ; and no wonder that we love their bright 



tints and sweet perfume ; no wonder that our friendship is so trusting, and our sympathy so great ; 

 that the tear and the smile meet, when we thus go hand and hand together through life, and the 

 brotherhood becomes cemented by the faithful snowdrop on the grave ! 



There are some individual tints that have no sympathy with the gorgeousness of others ; some that 

 rush across our vision like a fiery meteor in the blue sky, startling and vivid ; but here all is brilliant, 

 natural, and blending, Two beds, divided by a gravel walk, in a direct line 200 yards long, slope 

 gently towards the river ; each, about 9 feet wide, is planted with flowers to represent the colours of the 

 rainbow. The left side also contains a succession of circular raised beds, with festoons of roses ; and 

 a background of hollyhocks tower up in front of a well-trimmed, thick hedge of evergreens, shaded in 

 turn by forest trees and others. The right, or north side, is bounded by a wall the entire length, and 

 facing this wall is a range of glass building, called the Trentham Wall Case. This is a conspicuous 



and novel feature in these gardens, and forms the commencement of a successive range of glass houses, 

 400 yards long. They are connected with the Orangery, noticed below, and run entirely round the kitchen 

 garden, forming a delightful promenade amidst wall fruit and flower borders at all times of the year. 

 At the lower extremity of the walk is a wall of three arches, which is connected with the Orangery — 

 a conservatory 89 feet long and 60 feet wide, erected in the year 1843. The most remarkable 

 circumstance to be noticed in regard to this building is its flat glass roof, supported by hollow iron 

 pillars, through which the water is conducted from the roof to a main drain below the surface. This 

 is the first recorded invention of the kind erected in England : it contains a very fine collection of plants. 

 We now pass through the kitchen garden, where everything is so conspicuously neat and orderly, and 

 such a marked attention shown to the lowest as well as the highest article in the vegetable world. 

 There is also a great display of fruit trees trained in the Bell shape, and several trellis walks regularly 

 covered by them. The system pursued in regard to fruit trees is singularly successful, and their 

 appearance is very tasteful and effective. We were particularly struck with the handsome-looking borders 

 of these walks, and the full, glowing character they presented. They are simply of ivy, trained in a 

 circular form at the top, from 12 to 16 inches high, and lined with flowers. 



We now pass the Pine Pits, three in number, where those gigantic fellows are raised that do 

 such honour to the Horticultural Hemisphere. Also those wonderful Vineries and Peach Houses, from 

 whence come the unrivalled clusten and exquisite bloom that command the praise and commendation of 

 every beholder. And we might conscientiously say that it is in the knowledge, excellency, and 



delicate beauty of fruit, — hardly studied, and with the most laborious attention acquired, that Trentham is 

 so justly celebrated ; and in the harmony, the grouping, and the elasticity of flowers that it is unsurpassed. 



To the right we leave Mr Fleming's house, a neat, elegant structure ; to the left a long range of 

 building, including the office, fruit room, vegetable house, and the " Bothies," where every requisite 

 attention is shown to the comfort of the young men. And we were much pleased to observe that, by 

 the kindness of the Duke and Duchess, a commodious Bath-room, fitted with every convenience, has lately 

 been erected for their use. Such care speaks for itself, and we trust so worthy an example will be 

 extensively followed. 



We now cross a rustic bridge thrown over a tributary of the river Trent, which meanders among over- 

 hanging trees and flowering shrubs, and come to the Melon pits, Orchid houses, Forcing pits, &c. As 

 we proceed there is a fine house of Chinese Azaleas, &c, and outside, down its length, are raised circular 

 beds with evergreen borders, containing several varieties of flowers intermingling with the graceful Humea. 

 At the end is a monster Scarlet Geranium, throwing out hundreds of blossoms. Before us is a 

 magnificent house of Geraniums, and connected with it an Aquatic house, where the Cyssus discolor 

 and other variegated foliage plants play an important part in a new style of design. It is intended in 



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