Within the Grounds of this Elysium.
It would puzzle much higher talent than he can bring, adequately to describe this Landscape, but it must be attempted; and Mr. Robins prays that the reader will bear with him a little longer, under the assurance that condensity shall be his motto, at the same time avoiding that cloudy region entered by the witty Flaccus, who,
“Aiming at brevity became obscure.”
THE GROUNDS
Extend to near Five Acres, and the extraordinary tact that must have presided in arriving at this scene of perfection, must be viewed, it must be seen to feel and appreciate what seems to partake of Fairy Land. Mr. Loudon has indulged the public with Twenty-two Vignettes and Plans to hand down to posterity a faint idea of
The Velvet Ornamental lawn,
On which is congregated the most rare and extensive assemblage of Plants and flowering Shrubs that is to be met with in England.
From all
THE FLORICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS
The treasures were quite sure to find a home at Cheshunt, indeed the late Proprietor’s judgment in the Cultivation of Rare and Valuable Plants was quite unique, and his Gardener, Mr. Pratt, a prototype of his employer. It would fatigue the reader to give in detail the host of Rare Plants that adorn these Grounds, the value of which is past belief—more than a Thousand Pounds have been consumed alone in rare Exotics; the masses of Growing Plants, the French Garden, and all this (by the way) is relieved and varied by