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FART V. 
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE, 
ON NATURAL HISTORY, HORTICULTURE, AND RURAL AFFAIRS. 
I.— QUERIES, ANSWERS, REMARKS, Ccc. 
In consequence of our observing' some remarks made in the Gardener's Maga- 
zine, for August, relative to Chatsworth Gardens, we feel ourselves called on 
to give an answer to some of the statements there made, not vvith a view to 
enter into a controversy with the Editor, on the subject, but to put the public 
in possession of our reasons for not erecting Metallic Hot-houses, nor using 
hot water in the heating of the new ones constructed of wood ; and likewise, 
to show that we are anxiously alive to every real improvement. 
In doing this, it will be unnecessary to refer to the visionary schemes which 
Mr. Loudon h?,s suggested, for levelling- the beautiful hanging ground at the 
north front of the house, which would take the labour of some years to accom- 
plish; or of turning the course of the river Derwent, to obtain a waterfall of 
100 feet, which in fact, already exists, by the water falling over the same rock 
that Mr. Loudon recommends, more than the very height he proposes, into a 
resevoir to supply the other fountains; — this, Mr. Loudon might have known, 
had lie given himself time for observation : and he would also have seen, that 
we have a sufficient power of water, to produce as much appearance as the 
Derwent itself, whenever we think proper. 
"The water-works," he remarks, "though good in themselves, are scat- 
tered about the grounds in such a way, that, while they interfere every-where 
with the natural beauties of the place, they no-where combine in forming one 
grand artificial effect. They want concL*ntration. The improvements now 
going on," he adds, "will probably remedy most of these evils. The house 
is being extended in length; there is an opportunity of concentrating the 
water-works in the only situation fit for them, on the west front; and the 
approach may be made by a bridge across the river, directly on this front, to 
arrive at the house on a level. All, or almost all, the artificial water-works, 
we would form on this west front." 
Now, had we the arrangement oT the water-works to make anew, we certainly 
should not place them exactly as they now are; but what person of judgment 
would think of placing them in the west-front flower-garden, — we were not 
a little astonished that Mr. Loudon should, for a moment, harbour such an 
idea. This west-front garden is no less than f/drli/ /i;cf i»i»tedia(/'/i/ ielow the 
l-"-rl of the living roonm; and to view the water-works from thence, or from 
the gacden above, would be the same as going on to the top of a house to see 
a fountain playing in the street directly underneath. The water-works al- 
ready there, are condemned by every person of taste; and his Grace the Duke 
of Devonshire has caused them to be altered several times, but even now tiiey 
are far from having a good effect. Besides, the garden is too narrow to allow 
of any kind of extensive water-works, as no person could set a foot into it, if 
the slightest breeze was perceptible. 
