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STATISTICS OF GARDENING 



P^RT IV. 



Wellfietd Home, — near Builth ; D. Thomas, Esq. A neat I Maeslough, — near Paine's Castle; W. Wllkins, Esq. A re- 

 modern house ; the grounds containing some flourishing young [ spectable structure ; the prounds watered by the Wye, and 

 plantations. | their position extremely beautiful. 



7611 MONTGOMERYSHIRE. A surface of 500,000 acres ; generally mountainous, but ver- 

 dant, fertile, and wooded. Some of the vales are beautiful ; and there are many fit situations for 

 residences. 



N rvtoTvn Hall, — near Newtown ; Sir John Pryse. A finely 

 wooded park of considerable extent. 



BoJfac'i, — near Llanfyllin ; B. Lloyd, Esq. A good man- 

 sion, and the grounds greatly improved by the late owner, 

 who was the gi-eatest planter in the countv,' having planted 60 

 acres with 9O4,0U'J trees. 



Poivys Casile, — near \\'elch Pool ; Karl Powis. A castel- 

 lated mansion of red sandstone, situated on the ridge of a 

 rock, the entrance by an ancient gateway, between two massy 

 circular towers. The ascent by two immense terraces rising 

 one above another, connected by steps, and ornamented by 



vases, statues, and other antique remains. There were hang- 

 ing gardens, in imitation of those of St. Gennains, composed 

 of a series of terraces, connected by flights of steps cut out of 

 the solid rock, with water-works, &c. ; but these are now 

 altered, or, like every thing else here, going rapidly to decay. 

 The park is much varied by natxire, and combines turf as 

 smooth, close, and gieen, as the finest lawn, blended with 

 broken ground, rocks, and rough thickets of thorns and oaks. 

 It contained much old timber, but gieat part of this has been 

 lately felled. 



7612. MERIONETHSHIRE. A much admired and romantic surface of 500,000 acres ; abounding in 

 streams, rocks, and ruined castles ; but with few residences of wealthy proprietors, and consequently 

 little display of gardening. 



Nannarv near Dolgelly ; Sir R. W. Vaughan. A sub- 

 stantial and elegant structure in a well wooded park, with fine 

 prospects, and remarkable for a small herd of deer, which 

 make venison of a superior flavor. There is a good kitchen- 

 garden, but the present proprietor is chiefly att.iched to agri- 

 culture, and is considered a good corn-former, and tolerable 

 breeder. 



Tan-xj-Bivhh Hall, — near Dolgelly; Oakley, Esq. 



An elegant villa in a lawn, at the bottom of a hill, surrounded 

 by pleasure grounds tastefully disposed, and containiiifia good 

 kitchen-garden. 



Dol-y-Myllynllun, — near Eolgelly ; , late 



the property of W. A. Maddocks, Esq. A cottage as roman- 

 tically situated on the side of a wooded hill as can well be 

 imagined, with a fine mountain stream at the door, and hard 

 bye, one of the most remarkable waterfells in Wales. 



Tremudoc House, — near Tremadoc ; late the property of 

 W. A. jMaddocks, Esq. A cottage villa on a protuberant 

 lawn, near the base of a hill side, surrounded oy thriving 

 plantations, commanding fine views of Trath-mawer, the scene 

 of extensive embanking operations, unfortimately abortive for 

 want of means. 



7613. BRECONSHIRR A surface of 512,000 acres, entirely mountainous, with the exception of 

 some of the narrow valleys ; in general it is terra da?nnata as to every branch of gardening, excepting 

 planting. 



Cyfai-tha, — near IMerthvT Tydvill; William Crawshaw, Esq. 

 The hot-house department of the kitchen-garden extensive, 

 and the pine-apple extensively and successfully cultivated. 



Dan-ij-Park, — near Crickhowel ; E. Kenclel, Esq. A good 

 house, 'with a meadow and some rising grounds formed into an 

 agreeable park, bordered by the Usk. The kitchen-garden 

 contains some substantial cast-iron hot-houses. 



Llangard Castle, — neax Builth; J. JIacnamara, Esq. A 



7614. CAERMARTHENSHIRK A surface of S 

 hilly of any county in South Wales. 



Henlli/s, - near Llandovery ; Col. 'Williams. The grounds 

 occupy both sides of the river Tywi, and are connected by a 

 foot-bridge, raised upon two projecting rocks, and of a con- 

 struction that harmonises with the wild and romantic charac- 

 ter of the scene. 



Abemiarlah, — near Llandovery ; Admiral Foley. A mo- 

 dem house in a small park, but which contains some good trees 



and picturesque views 



Ednnnsford, — near Llandeilo ; Sir J. H. Williams. The 

 mansion and grounds exhibit an appearance of magnificence, 

 and contain a lofty avenue, which serves as an approach. 



TaliarU, — near Llandeilo ; Lord R. Seymour. Low, flat 

 ground, but well wooded. 



Newton House, — near Llandeilo ; Lord Dynevor. A plain 

 square building, with a small turret surmounting each 



new mansion commenced, and other improvements in pro. 

 gress. According to Malkin {Scenery of South IValea, &c. 

 251.), this place mav, and probablv will, be one of the first in 

 ^Vales. - 1 . . 



Penponi House, — near Brecknock ; P. Williams, Esq. A 

 respectable mansion, with a finely wooded park, watered by 

 the Usk. 



B,000 acres ; fruitful in corn and grass, and the least 



angle, in a park comprising a considerable extent of ground, 

 and exhibiting, perhaps, a richer display of picturesque 

 beauty than any spot of equal size in the kingdom. The 

 scene is finely described by Dyer in his poem of Grongar 



" Gaudy as the opening dawn 

 Lies a long and level lawn," &c. 



Golden Grove, — near Llaiidilo ; Lord Cawdor. An indif. 

 ferent house on low grounds, lately begun to be planted and 

 improved. The kitchen-garden and hot-houses are extensive, 

 and well attended to. 



Middleton Hall, _ near Llandilo ; Sir W- Paxton. One of 

 the most splendid mansioris in South V.'ales, by Coekrell ; the 

 grounds finely planted, and containing an elegant prospect- 

 tower, and a good kitchen-garden. 



Sect. III. Scotland. 



7615. The surface of Scotland is estimated at 18,944,000 acres, in three natural 

 divisions. The first lies north of the cliain of Highland lakes, which stretch from 

 Murray to Mull, and consists of little else than dreary mountains and some moors ; the 

 second, or middle division, extends from this chain of lakes to the rivers Forth and 

 Clyde ; it is mountainous, but cultivated in the valleys and on the eastern shore to a con- 

 siderable extent ; the remaining division is covered by hills \^ itii some mountains, but 

 everywhere cultivated or improvable, and highly favorable for most branches of gar- 

 dening. The country-residences of Scotland are almost entirely confined to the two last 

 divisions ; in general they excel those of England in the prominence of their natural 

 features, being generally backed by hills or moimtains ; encompassed by a river or 

 stream ; or situated on a lake, or the sea-shore. But tliey are inferior to those of the 

 south in magnificence, and even in taste, both as to architecture and landscape-garden- 

 ing. Tlie gardeners of Scotland have long been in esteem for skill and assiduity in their 

 profession ; they excel in the culture and general management of the kitchen-garden, 

 those of a certain rank, as Neill has observed, being generally kept in much better order ; 

 and at less expense than gardens of the same kind and rank in England. 



7616. The garden-jyroductions in which Scotland excels are, turnips, potatoes, straw- 

 berries, raspberries, and gooseberries. In fruits, Scotland does not excel, nor can this 

 be the case till the practice of producing a dessert be more common among the ordinary 

 gentry of the country than it is, or was ten years ago. A dessert is rare among the 

 middling classes ; and fruit pies or cider are quite unknown to the operative inhabit- 

 ants. The most extraordinary gardening exertions wliich have been made in Scotland 

 are in the planting department, and chiefly in the middle division of the country, which 

 already begins to assume a new and sylvan character. The cottage-gardens are generally 

 carefully cropped with the more corrnnon vegetables, and form a useful appendage to th« 

 laborer's dwelling. The fanners' gardens are rather neglected. 



