grand though pensive scene, arising, no doubt, from its silent woody appearance of which it partakes so largely. The trees here are remarkable for their picturesque beauty. Several specimens of the sweet chestnut-tree, growing beside a small lake on the north side of the building, with "great rugged horns," are particularly fine. As Webster has it, "I doe love such ancient ruins; I never look upon them but I read They form the remains of an avenue which once stood here, and are equally interesting with those at Hevingham. There are likewise some magnificent specimens here of that tree which, of any great size, is so scarce in Norfolk-the ash : they are of a drooping character, and look like birches. In front of the mansion, in the distance, are many noble trees of the oak tribe, averaging about fifteen feet in circumference. Close to the building, there is a Western plane (Platanus Occidentalis), of considerable size and beauty; and, judging from its situation, a very favourite tree with the proprietor. The visitor of Heydon will at once be impressed, we think, with the peculiar feature by which we have considered it is so much characterized-that of pensive grandeur. This noble and sequestered scene will always command the admiration of those who love the out-goings of Nature in her solitary aspects. As already mentioned, she wears but few of the trammels of art here, yet is by no means inelegant; and in some instances exults in a greatness which is only to be beheld around some of our most ancient halls. The entire place is a testimony of the wonderful effect which trees produce on a surface like that of Norfolk, which in general is naturally uninteresting. HOVETON PARK, THE SEAT OF MRS. BURROUGHes. THOUGH evening was darkening around us when we visited this place, we had sufficient time to perceive that it ranks deservedly high as a seat of general excellence. The fading flower occupies an important place here, equal to that of the permanent evergreen and the yet more imperishable tree; whilst its propagation is attended to with a zeal which it is delightful to witness in these our flower-forgetting times. When we speak of flowers, we mean the fair assemblage in general-a rarity, certainly, in the present day; for indeed there is scarcely such a thing as a judicious selection to be seen. Is it necessary to be asked where the old-fashioned sweet-william, jacobea, lychnis, carnation, pink, primula, ranunculus, and anemone have gone; or where the more fragrant associates of bygone summers are? We regret to say, they have been discarded to make way for the manytinted trifles of a modern taste, which at best are but a "vain show." The flower-garden, however, at this seat, forms an elegant exception: its proprietor seems to have avoided the prevalent error of seeking variety and rarity to the neglect of acknowledged worth and beauty. In proof of this, we may mention that we found the gardener busily engaged in propagating the rose, that most heavenly plant, which all mankind are agreed in admiring. But whilst the flower-garden here is of such perfect character, the scenes of the shrubbery and pleasure-ground are of an equally interesting description. The shrubbery is a well-managed piece of work, successfully blended with the lawn of the pleasure-ground, and though modern, already contributing to the general beauty of the place. The most |