Powderham Castle; the Earl of Devon. The fine magnolia trees and other exotics here are sadly neglected; the branches are unpruned, the stems covered with lichens and moss, and the plants choked up in many places with the commonest trees and shrubs. The house is being altered by Mr. Fowler, a guarantee to our minds that the general effect will be simple and grand. Some walled-up banks along the approach appeared to us much too common-place for the vicinity of a castle. Had there been rocks to penetrate, as at Warwick Castle, the case would have been different; but here the walling mode seems to have been adopted as a matter of choice, or for the sake of economy. We would have brought down the ground with a gentle slope, and had 3 or 4 feet of perfectly level surface on each side of the road, which, as it is at present, has a cramped appearance. To make this subject clear, however, would require more room and time than we can at present spare.
