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422. Frederiksdai (fig. 129.) is a spot posse.ssing nracli natural licauty ; and if it has
not been improved, neither has it been injured, by art. I t forms one of the hnest news
from tlic liill of Sorgcnfric.
m-o imnmiro7thrinhahitants of that seaport. I t consists of two parts, the upper and
the lower garden. The lower garden is laid out in the Ifrcnch style ; Imt the 'TP™ P“«
is ill the English manner. The palace oi Marienlust (Mary s delight) (pg. 130.)
stands in the lower giu'dcii. It was intended for the residence of his in-oscnt
Danish majesty, when crown prince. From the hill behind the palace may be en-
ioycd a marine prospect, which, travellers say, exceeds every thing between Denmm-k
and Naples. Near Hamlet’s garden is Hcllcbek, a village belonging to Count Schun-
raelmann, avIio, for many years, was one of the cabinet ministers of Denmark, ilie
situation of this village, close to the sea, combines such a variety of manno and rural
scenery as would aiford many interesting studies to the painter. Thchccch, thcnatmnal
tree of Denmark, flourishes here in superlative vigoim, overtopping the oak, of which,
however many very line specimens may also be observed. Nature m this place seems
to be left to herself, and altogether divested of those ornamcnt.s which, in too many
cases injure what they were meant to improve. The traveller would scarcely suspect
that he was approaching a nobleman’s scat Aviicn he enters llellcbck. (IelUborg s
424. Riqerspi'iis is an old royal seat, on a finely Avoodcd isthmus. Here js an oak
supposed to he one thousand years old ; the trunk is about six_ yards in height
and sixteen yards in circumference. Although nearly excavated, it ftill disjilays a
luxuriant toj), and the hranclics, which extend all round to a distance oi ton yards, are
of the size of considerable trees. Four peasants on horseback once iound room m its
cavity, and eighteen men on foot at another time. This phenomenon stands on a moist
and loamy soil, suiToundcd by magniiicciit beeches and oaks, which aflord good shcitci
to the sire of the forest. In the gardens of Jiigcrsprus, a hccch tree also iorms a very
curious obiect: its branches liave been bent backwards to the ground, and iastcncd to
circular trellises; tluis producing a beautiful arbour, impenetrable to ram and beat.
This beech is said once to haA-e'afforded shelter to a king and eighty courtiers at dinner.
425. Dronninqard may he considered as one of the best examples oi the Itiiglftdi
Ti. «rererereUrre rerenvir +1»« lotA vG01 <1 DTIf'.D. f)f ix.u cmineiit Dutcli baiiRcr, Dc
declivity, Avhich descends to a natural laice oi great uaigui, ..................
bordered Avitli thick woody scenery, and country bouses. The soil here approaches more
to a clayey loam than is general on tlic Continent ; and the climate being cob , the tin t
is of a deep tone of green, and of close texture. The oak and beech abound in these
nrounds, as well as firs, and a numher of exotics. Buildings arc not too frequent i but
tlicrc are several, and among them is a hermitage, to which one oi the family actually
retired, on occasion of a matrimonial disappoiiitmciit, and lived there for several years,
till ro u sed a n d restored to active life hy the dangers of his country. ^
426 The ferme ornée o f M . Ilaueh, situated on the Esrom Lake. This scicntilic
gentleman i L introduced a style of rural architecture which gives the proprietor all the
benefits of a residence in the coiintiy without occasioning heavy and use J s expense
Having cleared a considerahlo tract of land, which had formerly been forest, in the
vicinity of the Esrom lake (fig. 1.31.), he allotted it, in small divisions, to a, great
•' number of cottagers.
In an elevated part of
the estate, ho ha.s built
a tAvo-story dwelling,
in a neat and unassuming
style. I t ]-)os-
sesscs an extensiA'c
vicAv of the country,
and will itself form a
most interesting object,
Avlicii the adjacent
cottages shall
Avear that general appearance
of comfort
and happiness, to
which they are rapidly advancing under the auspices of this nohleman. A t a J r t J t a n c c
from his scat ho has laid out a farm on tho mo,st approved principles, that the ncigli-
houring cottagers may derive tho host guidance, in the culture of their plots ol g io u ta ,
from what tta y see practised. M. Ilaiieli’s gardens and plantations have also heen tho
means of turning the attention of tho cottagers to an improved method ol hoitiOTltn c,
and of making fences, in which tlie peasantry of Zealand were generally vciy deficient
Tho H o t Mr. Jungo, in his invalunhlo work on tho character, customs, opinions, and
language of the p!^a!antiy of North Zealand, mentions that hedging was d.amctncally
opposed to tho peasant’s principles of agi'iciilturc. Tlio learned author had himself seen
quickset hedges rnincd in the course of a night, long rows of young tmfoci tices iiic-
covcrably broken, and the tops offrt.it trees cut oil’, just as the savages ot Louisiana do,
that they may phick tho fruit with greater ease. He proposes to remedy (he,so cvil.s by
tho enforcement of an old law in Holstein, by which every yomig man was oli o J u t
a dozen of trees before he could ask the minister to read tho banns foi Ins m.iniagc ,
and for every son with whieh God hlossod him, ho had besides to plant six or eight rocs
427. Public gardens. All the royal parks and plcasnrc-grounds may he consitaml
puhlic gardens ; because they arc open at all times to all persons ; as ' “ ‘“J L L L
is supported hy, and belongs to, tho pubhc ought to he As m niost Luiopeaii iMii-
archics, a number o fth e royal residences are unoccupied, and nevci visited hy the loj.al
family tho enjoyment of walking in them at pleasure m.ay he said to he all that tho
pnhlic’reccivo in return for the immense expense of keeping them up. I ' l j j s t a g
Frederiksberg, Jiigcrspriis, and Marienlust arc all royal scats, which tho royal faimly
see. ïk v e llc r s agree in praising, not only these gardens, hut the general scenery
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