In 1846 Mr.
Wright's Property Was Put In The Market, And Ravenswood Acquired By The
Present Owner, William Herring, Esq., Of The Late Firm Of Charles E. Levey
& Co.
No sylvan spot could have been procured, had all the woods around
Quebec been ransacked, of wilder beauty.
In the centre, a pretty cottage;
to the east, trees; to the west, trees; to the north and south, trees -
stately trees all around you. Within a few rods from the hall door a
limpid little brook oozes from under an old plantation, and forms, under a
thorn tree of extraordinary size and most fantastically shaped limbs, a
reservoir of clear water, round which, from a rustic seat, you notice
speckled trout roaming fearlessly. Here was, for a man familiar with the
park-like scenery of England, a store of materials to work into shape.
That dense forest must be thinned; that indispensable adjunct of every
Sillery home a velvety lawn, must be had; a peep through the trees, on the
surrounding country, obtained; the stream dammed up so as to produce a
sheet of water, on which a birch canoe will be launched; more air let in
round the house; more of the forest cut away; and some fine beech, birch,
maple, and pine trees grouped. The lawn would look better with a graceful
and leafy elm in the centre, and a few smaller ones added to the
perspective. By dint of care, elms of a goodly size were removed from the
mountain brow.
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