planted by Mr. Harrison when it was upwards of 80 years of age. The instruments with which a number of large plants, particularly shrubs, were transplanted under Mr. Harrison's directions, when the grounds were being altered and enlarged, were described for us by Mr. Pratt. (See Gardener's Magazine, vol. xi. p. 134.) Mr. Pratt kept for many years large plants which had suffered from many causes, or which were not immediately wanted, in what he called an hospital for these purposes.

13, A flower-garden, in which for several years a large Araucaria brasiliensis stood out in the centre bed; but it was killed to the ground in the winter of 1837-8

14, The rustic covered seat, shown in Fig. 14, in p. 479, and of which Fig 15, is an elevation of the back; showing the manner in which the barked poles are arranged.

15, Basin of water for aquatics.

16, Rustic building, of which a view is shown in Fig. 16. In the interior is an alto-relievo of statuary marble, representing a female over a funeral vase, surrounded by a sort of broad frame of corals, cornua Ammonis, and large mineral specimens of different kinds.

17, Groups of roses, dahlias, and other ornamental flowers. 18, Two semicircular beds of roses.

19, A covered double seat, one half looking towards the roses, and the other in the opposite direction. In the latter are kept the instruments for playing at what is called lawn billiards, which is said to be a game intermediate between bowls and common billiards. This game is little known, but materials for playing at it are sold by Messrs. Cato & Son, wire-workers, Holborn Hill, London, who send out with them the following printed rules :

"This game, which differs from all others, should be played on a lawn about 12 yards square; the socket with the ring being fixed in the centre by a block of wood fixed into the earth. It may be played by two or four persons, either separately, or as partners, each player having a ball with a cue pointed to correspond. Care must be taken to fix the ring at the end of the cue close to the ball before striking." 20, The pond. On the margin of which, at k, is the boat-house seen in Fig. 17, in p. 483.

21, Descending steps through evergreens; from which is seen the distant view of the house and the tent, as in Fig. 10, in p. 473.

22, Dahlia plantation.

23, Chinese temple from the interior of which is obtained the view shown in Fig. 9, in p. 471. Behind the temple, a little to one side, is the grotto shown at 91 in the plan, Fig. 6, in p. 462, 463; and also in the view, Fig. 11, in p. 474.

24, The situation of the tent shown in Fig. 10.

25, The different flower and shrub gardens described in detail in the plan, Fig. 6, p. 462, 463.

26, The hot-houses, pits, frames, farm buildings, &c., shown in Fig. 6. 27, Grass fields, forming part of the farm.

23, Point from which the view of the hot-houses, Fig. 8, in p. 466, is taken; and also, turning round, the view of the house, Fig. 18, in p. 485. 29, Secret entrance to the grounds. 30, Principal entrance to the house. 31, Entrance to the stable-court and farmyard.

Remarks. In pointing out the principal sources of the professional instruction, which a young gardener may derive from examining this place, we shall first direct attention to the garden structures. These,

whether of the ornamental or useful kind, are executed substantially, and with great care and neatness; while the farm buildings, being

chiefly of wood show how great an extent of accommodation may be obtained without regularity of plan, and without incurring much expense. A good exercise for the young designer would be to distribute the same accommodation, properly classed, along the sides of a square or

squares, or along the sides of a parallelogram or polygon, and either detached from, or connected with, the horticultural buildings.

The manner in which the working-sheds are heated by the waste heat from the furnaces, in consequence of which, in severe weather, much more work will be done in them, and in a better manner, and in which they are lighted, so as to serve for protecting certain kinds of plants during winter, is worthy of imitation; as is the mode of heating so many different houses from only three boilers. In no garden structures have we seen a more judicious use of the Penryhn slate; paths, edgings, shelves, cisterns, boxes for plants, copings, kerbs, partitions, and substitutes for dwarf walls, being all made of it. The order and neatness with which all the different tools, utensils, &c., are kept in the horticultural and farm buildings, are most exemplary, and greatly facilitate the despatch of business.

In the farm buildings, the fittings up of the poultry-houses, the rabbithouse, and the dairy and dairy scullery, well deserve attention; and also the arrangement for fermenting the food of the pigs in under-ground cisterns, not too warm for summer, nor so cold as to check fermentation in winter. The manure of the horses, of the cows, of the pigs, of the rabbits, of the pigeons, and of the poultry, is kept in separate pits, that it may be used, if desirable, in making up different composts.

There are three liquid-manure tanks, in which the liquid matter, which in most farmyards is wasted, is fermented, and afterwards mixed up with soil for use in the kitchen-garden, or used in forming composts for particular plants. The liquid-manure from the stables is kept apart from that from the cow-house; and the general drainings of the yard, and of the frame-ground in the kitchen-garden, are fermented by themselves. The liquid manure with which Mr. Pratt waters his plants is formed chiefly of the sweepings of the pigeon, rabbit, and cow houses, with lime; and is kept in a cask in a close shed, (60 in the plan Fig. 6, in p. 462, 463,) so that the temperature admits of its fermenting in winter, as well as in summer: a thick scum rises to the top of the cask, and the liquid is drawn out from the bottom as clear as old ale. The plants which Mr. Pratt waters with this liquid are chiefly those of rapid growth, such as the Datùra, Brugmansia, and other soft-wooded tree plants which, like these, are cut in every year, and appear to profit by the stimulating effect of this manure. He gives it also, occasionally, to various other plants which appear to