The red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) attains here to the unusual size of fifteen inches in diameter, at one foot from the ground; whilst the cork-tree (Quercus Suber) is nearly of the same size. As ornamental plants merely, perhaps the most showy shrubs here are those of the common berberry, and its varieties, which are clothed towards the close of summer with shining scarlet berries, rivalling even the prettiest species of the hawthorn. We observed likewise a good specimen of the Christ's thorn (Paliurus aculeatus) eighteen feet high. Passing to the loftier timber trees, we find here the occidental plane, the ash, the sweet chestnut, and the oak, all rejoicing in a soil congenial to their nature, and displaying in some instances perfect models of their kind. Those of the last-mentioned tree at the Waterhead are magnificent, and, by their depth of verdure overspreading the lake, convert this locality into a delightful retreat. Here there are likewise some picturesque Scotch pines, and three ash-trees of great beauty. There are also two chestnut-trees, south-west of the mansion and on the opposite side of the pond, which are particularly handsome.

There is evidently great care exercised over the fruit and flower departments at this seat, and it would be idle to deny that they exhibit many traits of perfection. Near to the vinery we observed a remarkable espalier apple-tree, covering a space of thirty yards in length, and having a stem nearly two feet in diameter.

The curious observer would, perhaps, be delighted with a magnificent holly fence, which surrounds a yard here, near to the mansion. Evelyn has pronounced such a hedge, glittering with its armed and varnished leaves," to be "the most glorious sight under heaven."

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WORSTEAD HOUSE,

THE SEAT OF THE HON. W. R. ROUS.

SELDOM is it that we find many people possessing a similar taste; and although the great majority are enabled to recognize a beauty when once fairly and prominently developed, it is the few alone who are able to create it. Yet it scarcely ever occurs that a residence changes occupiers without various alterations and improvements being forthwith carried into effect. As to the innate love of change in mankind, the instance before us is no deviation from the general verification of our hypothesis. The present proprietor has, with good taste, effected an entrance to his house at the opposite extremity to that which was previously in use, thereby making the original entrancehall a tribune, and giving an entire suite of apartments the repose and seclusion of a dress-ground sweeping down to the water's edge. The soil here is well adapted to the growth of rhododendrons, kalmias, azaleas, &c., and the first of these, if allowed free scope wherein to luxuriate, would attain to the dimensions of our most common shrubs.

The house, which is one of the best family residences in the county, stands high, and commands a fine view of the truly beautiful church and tower of Worstead; but, to do it justice, it would require much more ground, than it at present commands, laid down as a lawn. There are fine silver firs behind the house, but they stand on a declivity, and do not therefore produce the effect of clothing and protecting the mansion, which, from this point, presents rather a lofty and unsheltered appearance.

In this parish, we believe, stood the "Marsham oak." It was a very fine and picturesque object, flinging its branches athwart the highway, close to which it was situated, and giving a passing shelter, either from heat or storm, to many a weary traveller. Evil was the hour of its fall to the inhabitants of the surrounding neighbourhood, who beheld it with fond veneration.

HONING HALL,

THE SEAT OF E. G. CUBITT, ESQ.

We were very fortunate in the day selected to see this place. It is of rather a sombre cast, and requires the full play of light and shade to set it off to advantage. The sun was casting his full broad beams on the massive groups of trees which are scattered throughout the grounds, so that we saw it in its happiest character. It is exactly the spot on which we should desire to descant on trees: it is here that their full power is felt; for there is but little variety of ground, no lake or running stream to enliven the scenery, nor distant prospect to refresh the eye and form a contrast. It is to trees, and trees alone, that we must look for whatever pretensions to beauty this spot possesses.

The house is a handsome pile and stands well: its elevation, though somewhat too high, is happily carried off by the broad expanse of wood by which it is nobly backed. Great facilities are afforded for a pleasure-ground and dressgarden; for, in the immediate vicinity of the house, the trees, both beech and oak, are very fine: we measured several twelve feet in circumference, with thirty feet of clear shaft; but this department has been little attended to, and with the exceptions of a Portugal laurel, one of the finest we have ever witnessed, and a handsome tulip-tree, there is little worthy of record. There are a few Scotch pines standing singly in the grounds, remarkably good in character, having in their branches all the boldness and independence of the oak; also a silver fir (Abies picea) nearly ninety feet high and twelve feet in circumference. trees in every direction are thriving and promising: there are many oaks here of considerable magnitude with remarkably straight boles, but somewhat too much denuded for beauty; proving, however, that a place possessing but few natural advantages, may, by the aid of well-disposed woods and plantations, assume a handsome and imposing character. But the feature in this place with which we

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