CHAP. II. 



BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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After White Knights and Fonthill Abbey, the following places 

 may be mentioned as subsequently planted, and as containing 

 collections of trees and shrubs more or less extensive. In Bed- 

 fordshire, Flitwick House, where an arboretum was planted in 

 1829. (See Gard. Mag., vol. v, p. 559.) At Woburn Abbey, 

 where a salicetum, or salictura (as the Duke of Bedford more 

 classically terms it, in his Salictmn Wobiirnense), was planted in 

 1825, and where an arboretum is now, 1835, commenced. In 

 Berkshire, High Clere, where a number of American trees and 

 shrubs were planted, and a great quantity of fine hybrid rhodo- 

 dendrons and azaleas raised, between 1820 and 1830; and 

 Dropmore, where there is the most complete pinetum in England, 

 the species and varieties amounting, in 1835, to 120. In Corn- 

 wall, at Carclew, there is a good collection. In Derbyshire, at 

 Chatsworth, a very complete arboretum was begun in 1834; of 

 which an account and ground plan will be found in the Gar- 

 dener^s Magazine, vol. xi. p. 385. In Devonshire, Luscombe 

 near Dawlish (said by Davis, in his Landscajpe-Gardener, to be 

 " an unrivalled production of fine taste "), Endsleigh Cottage, 

 Mamhead, and Bicton, contain good collections. In Essex, 

 Hylands. In Hampshire, Bishop Stoke Vicarage. In Hert- 

 fordshire, Cheshunt, which contains a pinetum. In Kent, at 

 Cobham Hall, a very good collection. In Lancashire, Latham 

 House. In Northumberland, Belsay Castle, where there is a 

 pinetum. In Staffordshire, Alton Towers, and Somerford Flail, 

 where there is an excellent arboretum, with sufficient space 

 allowed for the trees to attain their full size. In Suffolk, Barton 

 Hall. In Surrey, Bagshot Park, Milford, where there is a 

 regular arboretum, Oakham Park, Mere Cottage^ and Deepdene. 

 In Sussex, West Dean, and Arundel Castle. In Wiltshire, 

 Wardour Castle, where there is a good pinetum, and Boynton! 



In Scotland may be mentioned, Hafton, in Argyleshire; Gor- 

 don Castle, in Banffshire ; Drumlanrig, and Jardine Hall, in 

 Dumfriesshire; Dalhousie Castle, in Edinburghshire; St. Marv's 

 Isle in Kirkcudbrightshire; and Dunrobin, in Sutherlandshire. 



In Ireland, Terenure, near Dublin, where there is the most 

 complete arboretum in the country ; and Charleville Forest, in 

 Meath, where an arboretum was begun in 1811. 



Several public bodies have commenced arboretums durmo- 

 this century. In England the first of these is that of the Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society, whose collection, in their garden at 

 Turnham Green, commenced in 1823, may be considered the 

 first in England. It is to be regretted that the space in the 

 garden devoted to this arboretum was originally much too small; 

 and also, that the trees and shrubs were chiefly crowded toge- 

 ther in clumps, which have subsequently never been sufficiently 

 thinned out. In consequence of this, th.e different kinds have 



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