January 14, 1899. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
307 
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“ Gardening Is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
Edited by J. FRASER. F.L.S. 
SATURDAY, JAN. 14 th, 1899. 
f TOVER Park, Newton Abbot.— Stover 
Park, the residence of Harold St. 
Maur, Esq., is situated about two anda half 
miles from Newton Abbot, Devon, while 
the Teign Valley railway runs through the 
estate, which is very extensive. Notwith¬ 
standing these conveniences the house itself 
is sufficiently distant from populous centres 
as to enjoy all the seclusion of a truly rural 
neighbourhood. The highway leading from 
Newton Abbot to Bovey Tracey, Moreton 
Hampstead, and other places beyond, just 
skirts the woods in which the mansion and 
the immediate policies are situated, but 
they are hidden from the wayfarer by tall 
and splendid Conifers, as well as aged 
deciduous trees just inside the lodge gates 
nearest the house. There are three drives 
by which it may be approached, the one to 
the south just mentioned, another to the 
east, and a lengthy one extending away to 
the north, near Heathfield, where a granite 
lodge marks the entrance. The mansion 
itself is an unpretentious, though comfort¬ 
able and substantial, quadrangular building 
of gray granite, which maintains a clean 
and unchanging hue from year to year. It 
occupies a slight eminence in the Teign 
