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STATISTICS OF GARDENING. 



Part IV. 



prietor as a hunting-seat ; the park surrounded by a hill of two 

 miles, and spotted with numerous clumps. 



X OaiLatids, — near Walton ; Duke ot York. A demesne of 

 5000 acres, almost entirely park, with a house bv Holland ; a 

 fine terrace wcilk ; a serpentine lake, by Wright, which has 

 often been mistaken for a part of the Thames ; and a much ad- 

 tnired grotto. 



X OAe/iam Pari, — near Guildford; Lord King. The grounds 

 have been lately much improved, the piece of water enlarged, 

 and the whole adapted to the modem taste- 

 Pepper Harrow, — near Haslemere ; Lord ?.Iiddleton. A good 

 mansion, on the banks of the Wey, sheltered on the north^and 

 east by rising grounds, covered with plaruations ; with an ele- 

 gant conservatory at the west end of the house, and a kitchen- 

 garden of three acres, containing a good range of hot-houses. 



X Wi-nble.^iiii House, — A\'jrabledon ; Earl Spencer. A man- 

 sion by ^\'. Holland, in a park of 1200 acres, agreeably diversi- 

 fied in surface, containing Hne distant views, and tastefully laid 

 out by Brown, who formed a sheet of water, which covers a 

 surfece of 50 acres. The manor-house of Wimbledon was 

 formerly one of the first in the kingdom. A survey of it was 

 taken in 1649, and a copy of part of it is inserted in the 10th 

 volume of Arc/upologia. The house was painted in fresco ex- 

 ternally, like the palace of Nonsuch : in the gardens was an 

 orangery, containing forty-two trees, in boxes, valued at 10/. 

 each, lemons, citrons, pomegranates, figs : in the mazes, wild- 

 erness, knots, alleys, were a great variety of trees and shrubs, a 

 bay-tree, and an Iri^h arlmtus. There was a mosk ntUUm groimd 

 " at the end of the kitchen-garden, trenched, manured, and 

 very well ordered fqr the growth of mosk nvlions." The house 

 ■was pulled down, rebuilt, burnt do\vn, .vid rebuilt again in 17Srt. 



R-'ootto/i /Touie, — near Dorking ; Hon. and Ksv. J. Kvelyn 

 Boscawen. A seat of the Evelyns since tlie time of Elizabeth. I 

 It is a low spreading building of no pretensions, surrounded 

 by hills, clothed with copse-woods ; but open to tlie south, ^d 

 containing some good pasture-ground round the house. 



7529. Royal residences. 



Kcw, — near Brentford , the private property of the king, was 

 established by the Princess Dowager of Wales, in 1760, and 

 has become universjilly celebrated, cliietly from the number of 



7530. SUSSEX. A surface of 93o,040 acres, gently %-aried, the soil generally rich, great part bordering 

 on the sea, consists of low undulating hills, or what may be called hilly plains, known by the name of 

 Downs ;from Du/u, S.tx. a hill\ Tiie northern parts, tov,-ards Essex and Kent, abound in natural woods, 

 or remains of woods called wealds. This county is not remarkable for its gardening; on the coast, how- 

 ever, and especially about Wortliing, the tig thrives better in the open air than it does any where else in 

 England. It is grown to great perfection in the gardens of the Duke of Norfolk, at Arundel, and in 

 some commercial gardens near Worthing. These trees, and also the tig-orchard, of nearly an acre, at 

 Tarring, near Worthing, OL-cupied by Loud, and containing 100 standard trees, have already been referred 

 to. (-iSoS.) Market-gardens, in the neighborhood of Lewes and Worthing, are rather on the increase, 

 for the purpose of supplying the latter village and Brighton, both rapidly increasing, with culinary vege- 

 tables. The garden-market at Brighton is at present supplied with all its more valuable articles from 

 London, excepting peaches, grapes, and figs, which in autumn, are imported from France. The severity 

 of the sea-breeze renders this part of the coast peculiarly unfavorable to gardening. The principal nur- 

 sery in Sussex is that of Chichester, by Silverlock, distinguished as the inventor of a hollow wall 

 {fig. 233.) which promises to be of real utility both in gardening and cottage-building. There are also 

 nurseries at Horsham, Lewes, and other places, but they are of no great note. At Brighton there is a 

 florist, who grows chiefly auriculas and geraniums. Furze-seeds are collected for the seedsmen from the 

 •wealds, and some tree-seeds from the woods of the Duke of Richmond and Lord Shettield. The cottage- 

 gardens near the coast are neatly managed, and productive ; as are some of the farmers' gardens. There 

 are a few villas near the marine'towns ; but the principal country-seats are mansions with demesnes. 



seeds or plants sent there from foreign countries, and the ex- 

 cellent description of them published in the Hortus Ken-msU, 

 A catalogue of the plants was first pubUshed by Dr. Hill in 

 176S, in one volume; that by the late AV. Alton in 17S9, in 

 three volumes, Svo. The present catalogue, completed in 

 1S12, extends to three Tolumes. Sir W. Chambers published 

 a description of the house and gardens in 1765, with upwards 

 of forty plates, and they have also been the subject of two 

 poems, one by J. Ritso in 1765, and the other by Henry Jones, 

 author of the tragedy of the Earl nf Essex, in 1767. 



From the first establishment of the garden, a number of col- 

 lectors h?ve been sent abroad, and maintained there for the 

 purpose of sending home plants and seeds. This has added a 

 great many names to the catalogue, because every plant is in- 

 troduced there which has once been in the garden ; but unfbrtu- 

 nateiy, from want of that hberality in giving away or exchang- 

 ing plants, which ought to, and does characterise almost every 

 institution of this desoiption, many of the plants which have 

 been introduced are lost, and no where to be found but in the 

 catalogue. W e have only to instance the natural order of pro- 

 teaceae- 



A palace in the Gothic style was built by Geo. III. on the 

 banks of the Thames, the design is by \\'yatt, and rather 

 crowded; the situation more beautiful than wholesome. It 

 has never been completed. 



fticAjnonJ P<irA-, — near Richm.ond. The palace long since 

 taken down ; the park '2255 acres, surrounded by eight miles of 

 brick wall. It is well wooded, and contains some large pieces 

 of water. -A. part of what is called the Old Park is occupied by 

 his present majesty as a dairy ; the remainder constitutes the 

 royal gardens, which were' first laid out by Bridgeman in 

 avenues, and afterwards ojiened and improved by Brown. 

 They have the advantage of being situated on the banks of^the 

 Thaines, and exhibit some beautiful views. Queen Carohne, 

 who was very partial to this spot, had here a dairy £md mena- 

 gerie. Several ornamental and grotesque buildings were dis- 

 persed about the gardens ; one ot which, called Merlin's Cave, 



7531, 0/ villas and ??iaiisions, the following are 

 but a few of those deserving note : — 



AshbuDiham 4Uiey, — near Beachy Head; Earl Ashbum- 

 ham. A spacious modem edifice, in the midst of an exten- 

 eive park, containing much fine timber, and a large sheet of 

 water. 



X Bat/ham Abbey, — near Tunbridge Wells ; IMarquis of 

 Camden. A small habitation in the Gothic style, badlv placed ; 

 hut the demesne extensive, and affording a situation for btuld- 

 ing, for which a magnitrcent design has been given by H. Rep- 

 ton. (Obseri<riioiis on Landscape Gardininf.) N'ear the present 

 building the interior of an old church and cloisters have been 

 Jaid out as a flower-garden, which is much admired. 



X BuotAur^i Pdrf, — near Lewes; Lord Whitworth. Both 

 house and grounds have been greativ improved by this noble- 

 juan and his ladv, the Duchess of Dorset. 



Canncui House, — near A\'estdean ; Lord Selsey. A small 

 place, too. near a churchyard , and a small brook, which is dry 

 in summer the etfect of botli, however, much dimi n ished by 

 judicious planting. 



Bridge Castle, — near Tunbridge Wells ; Earl Abergavemiy. 

 An irregular castellated edifice, embattled and flanked with 

 round to"vers, but without any imitation of ancient architecture 

 in the doors, windows, or other details. It stands on a bold 

 eminence, in a park of 2000 acres, well wooded and watered. 



t^/yrufe, — near Tunbridge Wells; Lord Hampden. A noble 

 pile, of Elizabethean architecnu-e, with a terrace commanduig 

 a fine view of the sunounding country. The grounds much 

 improved by the late Dr. Trevor, but at present rather neglected. 



Hcjih ficid Park; _ near A\"inchelsea ; F. Newberry, Esq. 

 The park, environed with holly, able to keep in any game in 

 Evelyn's time ; some of these hollies still exist, and many have 

 been cut down for their timber. 



X Michel Grove, — near Clapham, Sir J. Snelly. A spa- 

 cious Gothic mansion {^fig. 742 ), of cream-colored brick, and 

 in the most florid taste of that style of architecture: the ar- 

 rangement, both internal and ex ernal, harmonious and scien- 

 tific. Thegrounds, by Reptun, displav some fine marine views. 



ParAum, — near A'nmdel; Sir C" Bishop. A singular old 

 Elizabethean hotise, not much altered either exteriorly qjr 

 within ; the park abomiding m statelv groups of oaks. 



X Sheffield P/atf,— near "Lewes; "Lord .Sheffield. The 

 mansion stands low, in a park of between 5 and 600 acres, 

 long famous for its large oak-trees, and more recehtlv so for 

 other plantations, and for the care and judgment with which 

 these are managed in every part of the demesne. There is 100 

 acres oP pleasure-ground, and above 1400 acres managed as a 

 home farm, and with experiments in culture, and breeding, 

 for which Lord Sheffield has been long celebrated. 



Staiimer, — near Lewes ; Earl of Chichester. A plain stone 

 \ edifice, forming three sides of a square, in a park much diversi- 

 fied by nature and planted 

 with judgment. 



Stans:ead-house, — near 

 Chichester ; L. AN'ay, 

 Esq. One of the most 

 dehghtful situations in 

 the kingdom ; the house, 

 an elegant Ionic pile, with 

 wings, an observatorv, 

 and cupolas ; the park 

 650 acres, finely varied 

 and wooded. 



Tfest GrinsieaJ Park, 

 — near West Grinstead ; 

 Araiiam Burrel, Esq. A 

 handsome stone mansion : 

 the grounds lately much 

 improved, and soine hot- 

 houses added to the kit- 

 chen-garden. 



