96 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF TREES. PART I. 
Andrew Heron married twice, and left a family. He, with one 
of his wives, was buried in a tomb which lies in front of Bargally 
House. The date inscribed on this tomb is 1729. Andrew’s 
estate devolved, on his death, to his son, Dr. Andrew Heron; but 
he was involved in a lawsuit with the Kirauchtree family ; and 
though it was decided in his favour, it ended in greatly injuring 
his fortune. In consequence of this, he sold Bargally to Hannay 
of Kirkdale, and retired to a cottage, where he died many years 
ago at a very advanced age.” Another correspondent says, “ I 
was born about two miles from Bargally, and recollect to have 
seen Dr. Heron, the son of the botanist, when I was very young. 
I communicated with several people who have lived their whole 
lifetime near Bargally, and are considerably oldep than I am, but 
they all replied that they knew nothing more about old Bar- 
gally than what I had stated to them. I recollected that the 
Herons of Heron [the estate of Heron is in Northumberland, 
see A Genealogical History of the Ancient Family of Heron, 
imp. 4to, part il. ] of Kirauchtree, and the Herons of Bargally, were 
originally from the same stock; and, as Lady Heron Maxwell 
of Springkell is the last of the lineal descendants of the Herons 
of Kirauchtree, I wrote to Her Ladyship, mentioning that you 
were engaged on a work that required some information about 
Andrew Heron of Bargally, and begging that she would tell me 
what she knew or had heard about him. I received a letter 
from Her Ladyship yesterday (April 6.1835), giving me extracts — 
from an old manuscript document in her possession relative to 
Andrew Heron of Bargally. I enclose a copy, and I hope it 
will give you all the information you require about that wonder- 
fulman. It appears that Andrew Heron was of no profession, 
simply the ‘ Laird of Bargally;’ but he must have been a per- 
son who had travelled a good deal, to induce him to do so 
much at that early period. 
** The old orchard and flower-garden at Bargally have been, 
to my personal knowledge, a grass field for forty years and up- 
wards ; but some of the fine variegated hollies, now large trees, 
still remain to mark the different divisions of the garden. About 
thirty years ago, when I was walking over the grass field, which 
was originally the garden at Bargally, in the month of August, 
I observed peering through the grass some crocus plants, both 
white and purple; this surprised me, for I had never seen an 
autumnal crocus. ‘The gentleman to whom the property then 
belonged, was also astonished, saying that he had never observed 
them before. I cut up a few of the roots of the different kinds, 
-with a portion of the turf, and carried them to St. Mary’s Isle, 
and from these roots many plants have been propagated. There 
are still some curious trees and plants to be seen at Bargally, 
remaining to sound the praises of old Andrew Heron the 
