From the plan fig. 76., as compared with that shown in fig 75., it will be seen that the corn field q, in the latter figure, is planted and the coppice-wood at r removed; but the most important features of improvement are, the widening of the river at s, and the altering of its bed at t, as indicated by the dotted lines in fig. 75. Fig. 82. shows a plan of the lawn and flower-gardens at Redleaf, on a larger scale. a, A portion of the house. b, Walk from the house to the garden scenery. c, Summer-house in the English garden. This structure, of which a view is shown in fig. 84. p. 369., is placed on a ledge of rock, which, before the pardon was made, formed one side of a stone quarry; hence, immediately beneath this summer-house there is a very considerable hollow. The rest of the flower- garden has an undulating surface, and the beds are chiefly oval or circular. Among the single low trees are two specimens of the common berberry, which, trained to single stems, form very handsome objects. They are profusely covered with bloom in spring, and, in autumn, so completely clothed with their long red fruit, as to resemble, at a short distance, gigantic specimens of scarlet fuchsia. The rustic structure is curiously and exquisitely executed of different kinds of wood, but chiefly of oak with the bark removed, and of hazel. The floor is paved with oak chumps; and there is a table inlaid with different kinds of native woods; and chairs, as well as a bench, chiefly formed of hazel rods. d, Continuation of the walk 4, on the top of a ledge of rock still higher than the walk which passes through the summer-house (c). The walk d conducts us to the Dutch garden, the buildings in which are an orangery and rustic billiard-room.
