unusual interest to arboriculturists, ii is worth visiting for the 
sake of its three enormous Larches. These are planted together 
in a row, and are said to be of the same age as the more famous 
trees at Dunkeld, and to have been planted a few days earlier. 
The largest of them I made to be 108 feet high and 17 feet 
6 inches in girth ; it is, therefore, about equal to the greater of 
the Dunkeld Larches. Of other trees I noted Populus deltoidea, 
120 feet high, and the common Birch, 84 feet high. New to me 
as a hedge plant was'the Douglas Fir; it answered the purpose, 
however, very well, being dense and well furnished. 
Dalkeith Palace. 
The gardens of Dalkeith have long been known as among the 
teading ones of the United Kingdom. Managed by a succession 
of famous gardeners, they have constituted a school of horti- 
culture from which many noted men have been sent out. One 
reason of this is that the place is what may be termed an "all- 
KHind one where neither the kitchen garden, the flower garden, 
nor tne hothouses absorb more than their due share of the atten- 
ir^ Ii! 8ta f 'i Ut a11 are S° ocL For this re ason the trees and 
siuubs, though they constitute a very interesting collection, do 
}»■« Pivdominate as they do in other famous places I visited. 
' than that of Perthshire, con- 
sequently the growth of many conifers, i 
Spruces, is not so luxuriant as it is't 
th\ZZZ/T iperU \l eCUrva > a fine bush 14 feet high and 
Wr , here ^ et lree fine old Cedars, one of « 1. 
W teet y mches. Ginkgo bihba is reores. 
t* X m ■ " SetTgh and very hellthy as 
*™*to* leitchu, 20 feet high, and Picea pungens, 18 feet 
^maTVere r ver g v° *" 7™*™ ° f the Scotch Rose (B. spinal 
VZl V T l * r in ^ ardens - M ost of them are now 
tofind a co ll^T^rt 1 * waB » ^refore, a pleasant surprise 
a ^former DdW? r °V f u about ni ^ty varieties got together by 
^^££$£& ~* *" « ^he nineteenth 
ing^shlo^etS 111 ^' 1 ^ Sh0Uld be mad e of a very fine weep- 
old 1 ipe'e £^^^W^20feet high ; and aremarkable 
Wmuscampestrl In *™ Ch °? W ^ ch Eln 
r f re ' 10 ?f eatDalkei thi 
it is 14d teet high, with n n i Q „„ \'~ 'l ~' 1 " 7 ' 1UI ' U l Uilvr ,jyri ■— ~; 
4 feet from the ground nk ^ irthin & ^ fe et 9 inches at 
Th Beaton-Hepburn. 
Haddl^S^S^m^^ Bu f chan "Hepburn at Smeaton to 
other I visited. The c™J£i V a f tern 8ide of Scotland than any 
me growth of the trees and shrubs, however, 
