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botanist. Bargally was sold by the heirs of Andrew Heron to 
Mr. William Hannay, the brother of Sir Samuel Hannay of 
Kirkdale ; he was scarce of cash, and cut down the wood of Bar- 
gally (including many of the fine trees that had been introduced 
and planted by Andrew Heron), inthe year 1791. I purchased 
a portion of the trunk of a silver fir, and I made it into a meal 
chest; the side boards, the bottom, the ends, and top, or lid, of 
which chest are all out of one board. ‘This chest is still in my 
possession, and in use; and it is in depth and breadth, after 
having been wrought, 2 ft. 2 in.”—W. M. 
Extract from an old manuscript in the possession of Lady 
Heron Maxwell of Springkell, relating to Andrew Heron of 
Bargally : — “* Andrew Heron of Bargally was the second son 
of Andrew Heron of Heron, who settled the lands of Bargally 
upon him as his patrimony. In 1690 he went to reside at Bar- 
gally; in 1693 he built the great dyke for the garden and 
orchard; and, the next year, he began to collect and fill in a 
large number of trees, fruit, and flowers. His father died in 
1695. In that year Andrew Heron employed Mr. Hawkins, an 
Englishman, to build the stone house. ‘The stone was all got 
out of a quarry on the east side of the garden; it was finished, 
watertight and in order, in 1696. In 1697 and 1700 he built 
the pigeon house and the crews [farm offices]. _ Andrew 
Heron of Bargally married, secondly, the relict of John M‘Kie of 
Larg, in April, 1708; and, having lived twenty-one years after 
his second marriage, hath improved the ground to great advan- 
tage, having enclosed all the low grounds, and built a new stone 
house, made large gardens, well stocked with all kinds of fine 
trees and rare fruits, both stone and core; some portions were 
stocked with fine flowers, and he had a green-house stocked with 
oranges, lemons, pomegranates, passion flowers, citron trees, 
oleanders, myrtles, and many others. The eldest son of Andrew 
Heron of Bargally was a captain in Lord Monk Kerr’s regiment, 
and married the daughter of Mr. Vining, a rich merchant at 
Portsmouth. He left several sons and a daughter: John, bound 
apprentice to his brother in law, Mr. Reid, a considerable mer- 
chant; and Andrew, who is bound apprentice to a surgeon at 
Bath. He hath also Patrick, Charles, and Benjamin; and of 
daughters, Jane, who married Mr. Reid, to whom her grand- 
father, Mr. Vining, gave 3500/. in marriage portion, a large 
fortune at that time.” 
_ Lady Heron Maxwell added, from her own knowledge, the 
following additional information : — “* The first Heron of Bar- 
gally was the uncle of my great-grandfather, Heron of Heron, 
who represented the stewartry of Kirkcudbright in parliament at 
different times; and I am now the last of the direct line of the 
family of Heron of Heron, and that family held large posses- 
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