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THE PASSAGE,

AT THE EAST END OF THE SCULPTURE GALLERY,

Contains several small but interesting Terre Cotte, inlaid in the walls.

211. "MINERVA SALUTIFERA-MARS-JUNO-MERCURYJUPITER-VENUS:" "Terre Cotte, from the Barberini Can

delabri."

212. "Terre Cotte, from Pictures found at Herculaneum." A Bacchanalian Procession, the Rape of Europa, &c. &c.

213. "Ancient Terra Cotta of a Winged Victory sacrificing a Bull."

214. “Ancient Terra Cotta* of the Boy of Jassos riding on a Dolphin in the Sea" both of these are spirited and clear.

215. "Small Terre Cotte from the Borghese, Portland, and Medici Vases; from other Ancient Compositions, and from the Nozze Aldobrandini.” ↑

IN ANOTHER PASSAGE,

AT A SHORT DISTANCE BEYOND IT.

229. "Two Cupids Fighting. (By Bernini)."

230. "Bust of VITELLIUS."

231. "Bust of CATO."

232." Bust of AGRIPPA."

233. "Group of Genii, representing the Triumph of Cupid."

"The following chemical analysis of the Grecian terra cotta, is taken from Millin :-Silex, 53; Oxide of Iron, 24; Alum, 15; Lime, 8."-Dodwell's Greece.

A beautiful fresco painting of a Roman Marriage, found in the Baths of Titus.

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THE PLEASURE GROUNDS,

WHICH were materially improved by the celebrated landscape gardener, Repton, are very tasteful and pretty, without much ornament; presenting, therefore, to the eye of the horticulturist, and the admirer of nature, a more pleasing beau ideal of a garden, than those elaborate enclosures which are crowded with sculpture and architectural elevations. A piece of water which flows in front of the Sculpture Gallery, in a serpentine direction, and of moderate width, adds much to the beauty of the scene. On the banks of this, are more than one Rosary of English and foreign plants; and, though we have not, perhaps, here the

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we are presented with lively and pleasing colours, sufficient to satisfy the fancy: and the enthusiast could not easily find a more pleasant place wherein

"To hear the lark begin his flight,
And singing startle the dull night;
From his watch-tower in the skies,
Till the dappled dawn doth rise;
Then to come, in spite of sorrow,
And at my window bid good morrow,
Through the sweet-briar or the vine,
Or the twisted eglantine."

At the north-west angle is a fine Tulip Tree, and one of the finest Cedars of Lebanon in England. Proceeding towards this on the left hand, is a spacious artificial Bank, filled with the choicest and most rare American plants. and opposite to this a collection of Pines. The "Young Lords' Gardens" are prettily laid out with appropriate commemorations. The "Willow Ground" contains a collection of two hundred different species of English Willows, plates of which have been

executed by order of the present Duke. Similar to this in design, but on a more ornamented plan, is the "Grass Garden," (Hortus Gramineus) which includes specimens of about four hundred species of Grasses, which have been elucidated in a work published by the late gardener, Mr. Sinclair.

THE GREEN-HOUSE,

SITUATED Very near the Sculpture Gallery, is of an elliptical form, eighty-five feet long, twenty-four broad, and twentythree high, and was designed by Sir Geoffrey Wyattville. The glazed roof is supported by iron scroll-work, resting on girders of the same material. It contains some very fine Orange Trees, one of them a variegated one from the collection of the Empress Josephine, about seven feet high, also some fine Camellas, one fifteen feet high, and another ten feet in diameter. Of rare plants it contains the "Banksia Speciosa," "Rhododendron Arboreum," "Dryandria Longifolia," yellow flowered, "Digitalis Laciniata," &c. &c.

Proceeding along the covered way, we find a passage, leading to the smaller Conservatories, which is pleasingly ornamented in fresco, with gay coloured flowers, and vases in bold perspective, and a landscape at the end, by Aglio.

THE SMALL GREEN-HOUSES,

IN three divisions, with an elliptical sweep, extend, together, to about the length of one hundred feet. The first contains about thirty species of Camellas, and a collection of Cape of Good Hope, and New Holland plants, including “Enkianthus

Some of the loftiest Camellas in England, nearly thirty feet high, are in the Conservatories of Dr. Lee, of Colworth-House, in this county.

Quinqueflorus," "Pimelia Decussata," "Lambertia Echinata," "Chorizema Rhombea," "Styridium Laricifolium," &c. &c. The second Division contains nearly four hundred different kinds of Geraniums. In the third Conservatory, is a collection of Exotics, some of which, from their height, and the gay aspect of their flowers, present a beautiful appearance. The "Passiflora Racemosa" is a lofty and beautiful creeper, with pendant blossoms: the "Erythrana Cristogalla" is also a very handsome flowering shrub. Amongst the others are "the Dragon Tree," "the Indian-rubber Tree," (Ficus Elastica), "the Date Palm," (Phoenix Dactylifera). The smaller rare plants include the " Bonapartea Juncea," "Gesneria Douglassia;" several Strelitzias, and the "Strelitzia Regina;" 'Astrapea Walichia," and "Vellosa;" the "Pitcher Plant," and "Venus Fly-trap;" and several raised from seed sent by Dr. Walich, the Botanical Professor at Calcutta.

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THE HEATHERY
(Hortus Ericeus),

Which is erected over the covered Piazza, is about one hundred feet in length. On entering it, the expectations of the visitor will probably be much exceeded; the great variety of colours, and the tallness of some of the stems, giving it rather the appearance of a miniature shrubbery. He will also recollect that the plants here collected for his gratification, have waved over the plains of the most distant and interesting countries have flourished under Eastern skies, and on the desert expanses of the long unknown Western Continent. Amongst the more rare of these, par éminence, are the "Erica Aurea," "Leenia," " Quadrangularis," "Vernix Rubra," "Eximia," Imperialis," &c. &c., and almost all those included in the splendid work of Andrews: from whose

design also is the handsome oval window, in the small room, at the east end, which is painted with the most lively and pleasing varieties of Heaths.

THE CHINESE DAIRY,

HAS a piece of water before it, and a painted portico. Internally it is of an octagonal form, with a lantern on the top, and the windows are painted in the Chinese style. The dressers and floor are of dove-colour and other marbles, and the former filled with beautiful and valuable China: the entire arrangements producing the effect of quiet elegance.

THE AVIARY,

Is at present more distinguished for the pleasantness and appropriateness of its situation, with its tasteful rustic buildings, sheltered paddock, and small basin, than for the number or rarity of the objects which it contains. Several of the most valuable foreign birds have died, from the difference of climate; and the rara avis, a Black Swan, was stolen some time since. From the attention and cost, however, with which the other parts of this domain are kept up, we have no doubt that this collection will be increased, and rendered as complete as the circumstances will allow. The most curious and handsome of the land birds is the "African Crown Crane," a native of the coast of Africa, and the Cape de Verd Islands, styled by Pliny and Aldrovandus, "the Balearic Crane." There are also Japan, Pied, and White Peacocks; a great number of Gold, and Silver, French, Ring-necked, and Mule Pheasants; a Macaw; Canaries; several different kinds of Doves, Pigeons, and Bantams. Of Water-Fowl, there are here the Dun Diver, Gold-eyed Duck, Pied Duck, Shel-Drake, Indian Geese, Pheasant Teal, and various kinds of Widgeons. On

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