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STATISTICS OF GARDENING. 



Part I\. 



I complete gentlesiian, delighted mucli in fine gardens and 

 orchards." The same fjardens v. ere famous in Henry VIII.'s 

 time, when in possession of AV^illiam Herbert, wlio, we are in- 

 formed bv Evans (Letters on IVoU^, 1S4.), sent two men, by 

 the names of Kichards and Williams, to France and Flanders, 

 for the esi)re3s purpose of studying horticulture, and importing 

 esculent vegetables and choice tVuit-trees. 



extensive, and finely, diversified with variegated features, soft 

 and abrupt, champaign, and acclivous, covered with noble 

 plantatioris of oak, beech, and Spanish chestnut. 



Troy House, — near Monmouth; Marquis of Worcester. A 

 house by Inigo Jones, on the banks of the Trothy. This seat 

 was famed for its gardens in Charles I.'s time, and especially 

 for its delicious fruits. In the apoiihthegms of the i"\Iarquis o"f 

 Worcester, it is stated that " hir Thomas Somerset, a very 



7563. HEREFORDSHIRE. A surfuce of6U0,000 acres; cauch varied by hills, some of which approach 

 the character of mountains ; it abounds in natural and planted woods, and in ploughed and grass or- 

 chards ; and the soil is everyv.'here deep and rich. There are some fine seats, and the county will 

 hereafter be celebrated in gardening- history as being the birth-place or residence of Uvedale Price and 

 R. P. and T. A. Knight. 



Relmont , — nesx Lower Eaton; Matthews, Esq. A 



romantic situation on the ^\'ye. 



Rerrin^toii, — near Leominster ; JU 

 square modern edifice of white stone, in 

 XDiwiituH Castle, — near Ludlow; 

 Pres. of the Hort. Soc, built bv his bn 

 the celebrated author of The Lands. 

 Aiuihilical Iw/idr,/ into the Pnnci^j/t 

 elegant and classic v/orks. The house 



T. Ilariey. A 

 nt park. 

 Knight, Ksq. 

 night Esq. 

 <f, a poem ; of the 

 of Taste, and other 

 of stone, wiUi towers. 



a plea^rm 



T. A. 

 tl-.er li. r 



/?((rc»v)(,J, _.near Llanfi-other; Sir H. Hoskyns. The man- 

 sion lately improved; the park well wooded. 



X Hohn Lace;j — near Hereford; formerly the Duke of Nor- 

 folk. The mansion El;'/al)ethean, and kept in perfect preserv- 

 ation as a national curiosity ; the grounds pleitsant ; the old gar- 

 den on the model of that at Hampton (\iurt, IMiddlesex, with a 

 spacious terrace : it abounds in yews, formerly dipt in shapes, 

 and not far distant is a pear-tree v. hicli covers nearly a quarter 

 ^f an acre, and yields annually from twelve to sixteen hogsheads 

 ofperry. 



Hoi<e ii);-?,— neai- Ledbury ; .T. i\r. Barelt, Esq. The house and 

 gi-ounds reoentlv improved from our desigiis ; the latter higlrly 

 romantic by nature, a.ul well wooded. ' 



X Kcotdinrcli, — r.ear Llanfrother ; J. Scudamore, Esq. 

 {r:sci:rdamoiirs, Eajt/cr i!'Ainotirs, squire or as:,i,tant in love 

 matters.) A pleasant situation, with a park of Uiree or four 

 miles in cirru;nference. 



ioiiiT'i'iji-i/i, — near Bromyard; J. AValwyn, Esq. 'A good 

 mansion, recently erected, and the gi'ounds well timbered. 



il/fcii,'/ PiiiA, — near Llanfrother; Sir 11. Symmonds. A 

 plain brick mansion ; but the grounds richly wooded. 



Mocais Cuiiri, — near Longtov.-n ; ."^ir G. A. Comwall. A 

 good house, delightfully situated on the soulhei-:i bank of 

 the Wye, with a large pn.rk, finely clothed with ook, and re- 

 markable for a variety of that tve^- with wee])ing spray. The 

 only other specimen we knov.- of is in th ; botanic garden at 

 Am-lerdam. The growth of the oak in this part of the coun- 

 try is supposed to be more rapid than anyw here else. 



'/{(Jiherasi — near Hereford ; C. Bodenliam, Esq A spacious 

 brick mansion, and gi-ounds containing ome gooa timber. 



Court, — near Blortimcr's Cross; Lady Bateman. 

 An elegant seat; the park between three and four miles In 

 extent, contains rich and picturesque scenery. 



tHok-e, — near Bromyard ; Lord Foley. A spacious brick house 

 -witli a terrace in front : the park and grounds well wooded, 

 and considerably improved under the direction of H. Rcpton. 



Siifloit Couii,— near Bromyard; Hereford, Esq. A 



liancisome mansion of Bath stone; the grounds improved by 

 H. Uepton. 



7553. SHROPSHIRE. A .surface of 849,940 acres ; mostly flat, with some hills ; the soil generally 

 good. It contains a number of good nurseries ; and sends to London baking-plums and walnuts in large 

 quantities. 



and embattled walls, but internally finished in the Grecian 

 style. The jiark abounds in inequ ilities of surface and natural 

 woods, which stretch along the banks of the Tame; a stream 

 which flows through the grounds, to the extent of about three 

 miles, over a rugged bed. There is also a considerable hill in 

 front of the house, clotlied with verdure and natural woods to 

 its summit. On the whole it is one of the most picturesque 

 reiidences in England, and having within these few years be- 

 come the residence of T. A. Knight, Esq. promises to be 

 equallv celebrated in respect to horticulliire. 



F.ywooil, — near I^yon's Hall ; Earl of Oxford. The grounds 

 display a great diversity of acen ry, and are ornamented wiih 

 some line plantations. 



i-'oj'/tT/, — near llereford ; Uvedals Price, Esq. 

 brated author of Essui/s u:t the Pictiiresijiie- A p, 

 mansion, beautifully varied by creepers, and surro\ 

 magnificent amphitheatre of woods, chietly oak, b 

 elni, planted by the father of the present i)n)prittor; t«it 

 partly of cedars introduced by the present occujiier. Th.ere aie 

 fine views judiciously opened in many places, and small piece; 

 of water introduced as lights toiix the eye, with otber improve- 

 ments which display the elegaf.t and coiTect priictical taste of 

 the great reformer of landscane-gardoning. 



Guruojw, —near Bridge Sollers; Slv J. G. Cotterell, Bart. 

 Extensive and nourishing planLations, and line prospects. 



X Hampton Court, — near Hoi.t ; i-:arl of Essex. A mag- 

 nilicent Elizabethean mansion, on a lawn of nearly 100 acres, 

 surrounded by a park between seven ai;d eight miles in circum- 

 feraice. 



the cele- 

 n brick 

 led bv a 

 L-h, and 



Asian Park, — near Oswestry ; 'W. Lloyd, Esq. A most 

 elegant mansion, and the natural be;iuties of the place much 

 improved by the correct taste of the owner. 



X Haii'kstvne i'urA", — near XNTiitchurch ; I>ord Hill. A 

 good mansion, on a beautiful slope on the north side of a 

 romantic hill ; the grounds extensive, and combining beatity 

 and singularity. There are bold cliffs, gi-otesque rocks, most 

 romantic walks, a hermitage, and many other buildings and 

 seats ; a long artificial river formed along a slope, and 

 everywhere tite finest trees. On the whole, it is, and has 



long been, a place to excite wonder, and also agreeable 

 emotions. 



TIte Leasowes, — near Hales Owen ; A pasttire- 



favm, chielly celebrated as having been the residence and the 

 creation of Shenstone. Some of the root-houses and grottoes in 

 the paths which lead along the hedges, and in the strips of 

 copse and dingles, still rem'ain. 



Oukleij Park, — near Ludlow ; Lady Clive. The mansion on 

 the banks of the Thame ; the grounds naturally romantic, and 

 laid out w ith much taste and judgment. 



7570. STAFFORDSHIRE A surface of 780,R00 acres; hilly and m.oory towards the north, but plain 

 and fertile in tlie other parts. It contains a number of villas aiid mansion-residences, and nurseries are 

 established at most of the principal towns. 



fJoJ.'ei/, — near Newcastle ; .T. ^\'edg^wood, Esq. A superb 

 villa-mansion, sutTounded by highly i)olish.ed pleasure-grounds, 

 with an excellent kitchen-garden. 



Beau'Jcsnrt (fine desart), — near Stafford ; Marquis of Angle- 

 sea. A magnificent residenc •, i;nprovetl ft'om a comparatively 



rude state ( fig. 717.), bv the late Earl of Uxbridge, -who, 

 with the aid of H. Repton, formed a large piece of water, 

 planted variously, and rendered the. house more conspicuous. 

 l.Pti- 748.) 



Be?).i.ii!/, — near Ipstone; J. Sneid, Esq. The house, plea- 

 santly situated on a gently rising hill, fronting the smith-east ; 

 nearly surrotmded by deep woods, furnished with under^vood 

 of ash, hazel, birch, willow, &c., cut every six years for hoops 

 an'l crate-v>rare for the potteries. The walks through these 

 woods ai-e rude natural paths ; and on the bordering spaces, 

 not covered with copse, are planted many hardy plants, and 

 there left to grow without farther culture. On the whole, 

 this is a place combining the justest taste, gi-eat knowledge 

 of culture, agricultural as well as horticultural, and a strict 

 regard in all things to econon>y in the first expense and future 

 management. ' „ , t , 



X BlUhjield Park, — neat Abbots Bromley; Lord Bagot. 

 An Ehzabethean building, placed atonesideof the park, which 



is rich in large oaks and picturesque views. Lord Bagot pays 

 considerable attention to horticulture, and cultivates success- 

 fullv the loquat-apple, of which he has given some account m 

 the'HoiUcullural Societti's Trayisactions. 



Broiif;Iuon-hall, — -i-\eav Stafford; Sir T. Broughton. An 

 ancient m.ansion, surrounded by stately plantations of indi- 

 genous trees, especially sycamores. The park is divided by the 

 road; but no art has "been used to mark the appropriation of 

 the opposite part to that in which the house stands. 



X i'iii iV/e, — near EnviUe; Earl Stamford. The house, 

 a large brick structure of an impure Gothic character ; the 

 grounds formerly celebrated, but now chiefly remarkable 

 for a fine lawn, some old trees, and a cascade formed by 

 Shenstone. 



