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 Book I. GARDENS OF CUMBERLAND. 1081 large Elizabethean mansion, in a conspicuous situation ; the park, the remains of an ancient forest, but rather de- nuded. Duckenfield Lodge, â near Ashto
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 Book I. GARDENS OF CUMBERLAND. 1081 large Elizabethean mansion, in a conspicuous situation ; the park, the remains of an ancient forest, but rather de- nuded. Duckenfield Lodge, â near Ashton; lately F. D. Astley, Esq., author of Hints to Planters. An irregular pile, on a steep hill, with a broad terrace, and grounds particularly grand and romantic. Haddnw Hall, â near Little Milton; T. Weddel, Esq. A most romantic and picturesque situation. Haigh Hall, â near Wigan ; Earl of Balcarras. A vener- able mansion, and grounds, remarkable for a summer-house built of Cannel coal. Heaton Lodge, â near Manchester; Earl 'Wilton. A handsome stone edifice, by the late Samuel Wyatt, Esq. on a commanding situation, in the midst of a tine park, five miles in circumference, and enclosed with a stone wall. The entrance-lodges in Doric, and mansion in the Ionic style. Lrfbrd Hall, â near Warrington; Mrs. Hornby. The garden here was formerly rich in botany ; and a catalogue of the plants was published by the gardener, Neale, in 1779. Torvnley Hall, â near Burnley; J. Townley, Esq. A large venerable structure, forming three sides of a quadran- gle ; the park, enclosed in Henry v II.'s time, contains some very old oaks, which, with the contiguous mountains and distant country, present various combinations of grand and picturesque scenery. Croston Rectory, â near Ormskirk. About twenty years ago the garden here was remarkable for its melons, which â were trained on a hot-wall, and bv using the seed of succes- sive generations, the plants were found to be in some degree accli
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