An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles encyclopdiaofg00loud Year: 1827 1084 STATISTICS OF GARDENING. Part IV. Enmore Castlt, — near Enmore ; Earl Egmont. A quadran- gular embattled structure, the stables and offices all under ground ; the shrubbery neat and elegant
An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles encyclopdiaofg00loud Year: 1827 1084 STATISTICS OF GARDENING. Part IV. Enmore Castlt, — near Enmore ; Earl Egmont. A quadran- gular embattled structure, the stables and offices all under ground ; the shrubbery neat and elegant, and the views over a finely cultivated and enclosed country. 7600. DEVONSHIRE. A surface of 1,600,000 acres, abounding in moun- tains, hills, and valleys; the former barren and moory, the latter mild in cli- mate, beautiful and fertile; orchards abound in the southern part, and the centre contains that barren, bleak tract, called the Forest of Dartmoor, now happily under a spirited course of improvement. Ford at Exeter, and Luccumbe of the same place, (who raised the variety of the common oak which bears his name,) are the prin- cipal nurserymen. The father of Galpine, author of the Compend of British Plants, had a nursery at Brenton. The Duchess of Bedford has a picturesque cottage retreat on the banks of the Tamar {fig. 752.), one of the last places at which the late H. Repton was consulted. Bitton, — near Bicton ; Lord Rolle. The mansion is spacious; the park pleasantly situated, and well wooded. Borington,—near Plymouth; Lord Borington. The house was built at the end of the fourteenth century, though now occupied as a farmhouse; the park contains 500 acres richlv wooded, to which continual additions are making on the side of Dartmoor. X Castle Hill,—near South Molton; Lord Fortescue. The mansion is situated on the acclivity of a finely wooded emi- nence; the grounds are well diversified, and' contain a fine sheet of water. Collqiriest House, — near Tiverton; T
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