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Book: Gardening tours by J.C. Loudon 1831-1842
Chapter: Hendon Rectory and Pinetum in 1840

Hendon Rectory Gardenesque Plantation

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v, A gardenesque plantation, in which every tree and shrub is kept distinct, and every one trained into a symmetrical shape. The mass gradually rises from the height of 2 ft. round the margin, to the middle, which is 7 or 8 feet high. Among the plants in this gardenesque mass are the following:- Magnofiaceᄉ. Magnolia tripetala, 12 ft. high, and 6 ft. in diameter. M. obovata. M. acuminata, 9 ft. high, and 8 ft. in diameter; in bog soil and silver sand. M. glauca, 7 ft. high, and 3.5 ft. in diameter; in bog and loam. M. macrophylla, 5.5 ft. high, and 1.5 ft. in diameter; in bog and loam. M. Thompsoniana, 14 ft. high, and 6 ft. in diameter; in loam, bog, and silver sand. M. exoniensis, 5.5 ft. high, and 3.5 ft. in diameter; in bog, loam, and sand. Winteraceᄉ. Illicium floridanum, 3.5 ft. high, and half a foot in diameter; in bog and silver sand. Berberaceᄉ. Herberis fascicularis, 3 ft. high, and 2 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and silver sand. Pittosporaceᄉ. Pittosporum Tobira, 3 ft. high, and 3.5 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and sand. Terustromiaceᄉ. Camellia japonica quadrangularis, 6.5 ft. high, and 3.5 ft. in diameter; soil half loam, and half bog and silver sand. C. double red, 5.5 ft. high, and 4 ft. wide; half loam, and half bog and silver sand. C. double white, 3.5 ft. high, and 2.5 ft. wide; soil half foam, and half bog and silver sand. C. single, 5 ft. high, and 4 ft. wide, in loam, dung, and grit. Thea viridis, 1.5 ft. high and 2.5 ft. wide. ᆭsculaceᄉ. Pavia rubra, 15 ft. high, and 9 ft. wide; in loam, dung, and grit. Aquifoliaceᄉ. Plex, yellow painted holly, 5.5 ft. high, and 3.5 ft. wide; in loam, dung, and grit. I. white-margined holly, 5 ft. high, and 5 ft. wide; in loam. I. Cassine, 5 ft. high, and 4 ft. wide; in loam and grit. I. milkmaid holly, 6 ft. high, and 3 ft. wide; in loam, dung, and grit. I. angustifolia, 7 ft. high, and 3.5 ft. wide; and I. a. scotica, 6.5 ft. high, and 3.5 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and silver sand. I. Dahoon, 7 ft. high, and 3.5 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and silver sand. I. Perado 6.5 ft. high, and 3 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and silver sand. Rhamnaceᄉ. Rhamnus Alaternus foliis argenteis, 7 ft. high, and 4 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and silver sand. Leguminosᄉ. Cytisus pygmᄉa, 6.5 ft. high, and 1.5 ft. wide; in loam and bog. Halimodendron argenteum, 7.5 ft. high, and 3.5 ft. wide; in loam and bog. Rosaceᄉ.. Photinia serrulata, 12.5 ft. high, and 5.5 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and silver sand. Araliaceᄉ. Hedera, arborescens, 4.5 ft. high, and 4 ft. wide; in loam and dung, Cornaceᄉ. Viburnum Tinus, 6 ft. high, and 4 ft. wide. V. T. lucida, shining-leaved, 5.5 ft. high, and 5 ft. wide. Loranthaceᄉ. Aucuba japonica, 5.5 ft. high, and 4 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and sand. Ericaceᄉ. Arbutus hybrida, 7 ft. high, and 4 ft. wide; in loam and silver sand. A. Pince's hybrid, 4 ft. high, and 3 ft. wide; in loam, silver sand, and bog. A. procera, 4 ft. high, and 3 ft. wide; in loam, silver sand, and bog. A. scarlet, 6 ft. high, and 5.5 ft. wide; in loam, silver sand, and bog. Rhododendron, scarlet hybrid, 4.5 ft. high, and 4.5 ft. wide; in bog and silver sand. R. azaleoides, 6.5 ft. high, and 4 ft. wide; in bog. R. white, 4.5 ft. high, and 4.5 ft. wide; in bog. R. altaclerense, 5 ft. high, and 5 ft. wide; in bog and silver sand. R. caucasicum, 6.5 ft. high, and 2 ft. wide; in bog and silver sand. R. yellow variety 3.5 ft. high, and 3 ft. wide, in ditto; and 16 other hybrid varieties, the greater part scarlet-flowered. Vaccnium Arctostaphylos, 6 ft. high, and 4.5 ft. wide; in bog. Sapotaceᄉ. Bumelia tenax, 4.5 ft. high, and 3.5 ft. wide. Lauraceᄉ. Laurus nobilis, 3 varieties, 5.5 ft. high, and 4 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and sand. Euphorbiaceᄉ. Boxus balearica, 5.5 ft. high, and 2 ft. wide; in loam and silver sand. Corylaceᄉ. Quercus Suber, 5.5 ft. high, and 3 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and sand. Q. gramuntia, 6 ft. high, and 4 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and sand. Q. Ilex, 2 varieties, 7 ft. high, and 2.5 ft. wide; in loam and road grit. Oleaceᄉ. Olea europᄉa, 7.5 ft. high, and 1.5 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and sand. Chionanthus virginica, 11 ft. high, and 6 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and silver sand. Taxaceᄉ. Taxus baccata, 7.5 ft. high, and 3.5 ft. wide; in bog and silver sand. T. b. hibernica, 7.5 ft. high, and 3.5 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and silver sand. Coniferᄉ, Abietinᄉ. Pinus Cembra, 6.5 ft. high, and 4 ft. wide; in bog and silver sand. P. ponderosa, 5.5 ft. high, and 3 ft. wide; in bog and silver sand. Abies Clanbrasiliana, 5 ft. high, and 2.5 ft. wide; in bog and silver sand. Picea Fraseri, 5.5 ft. high, and 4.5 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and sand. Cedrus Libani, 2 ft. high, and 3 ft. wide, 20 years old, and shaped like a bee-hive. Coniferᄉ, Cupressinᄉ. Thuja plicata, 6.5 ft. high, and 3 ft. wide; in loam and bog. Taxodium pendulum, 10 ft. high, and 3 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and sand. Juniperus chinensis, 8 ft. high, and 3 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and sand. J. sueciea, 5.5 ft. high, and 1.5 ft. wide; in loam, bog, and sand.