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STATISTICS OF GARDENING. 



Part IV, 



Wemyss House, — near Aberlady ; Earl of Wemyss. A mag- 

 nificent mansion, by Adams, in which the smoke of all the 

 chimneys is conducted to three stone domes, and issues by their 

 summits. The three principal rooms are of gigantic propor- 

 tions, with only one window to each. It is situated close to 

 the sea-shore, on level ground, laid out and planted by Ramsay ; 

 but the house is not yet finished. 



Aimsfield, — near Haddington; Earl of Wemyss. A noble 

 building with wings, the central front 109 feet long. The park 

 is flat, and not extensive ; but there is a large and excellent 

 kitchen-garden. 



Yester House, — near Vester ; Marquis of T weedale. An ele- 

 gant and magnificent structure of stone, with a park containing 

 some fine old trees, and a good kitchen-garden. 



Salton Hall, — near Salton; Fletcher, Esq. An ancient 



house, lately much improved, as well as the grounds, which 



about a century ago. Some fine specimens of these still exist, 

 particularly of the cork-tree, and other species of quercus. 

 The park is extensive, divided by inconspicuous enclosures, and 

 managed as a grazing farm. 



Dunglass House, — near Dunglass ; Sir J. Hall. Romantic- 

 ally situated on the banks of a stream, and surrounded by an- 

 cient woods and new plantations. 



Tynningham, — near Dunbar ; Earl of Haddington. Re- 

 markable for its fine old woods, planted in the beginning of 

 the last century, by a former earl, who wrote a treatise on 

 Planting. There is also a remarkably fine holly -hedge of the 

 same standing, and a good kitchen-garden. In 1805, pine- 

 apples were grown here in a pit, with a brick vault below, into 

 which steam was introduced. Someof the plants were in pots, 

 and the rest planted in the soil. 



Ormiston, — near Haddington ; Cockburn, Esq. A good 



were among the first in which exotic trees were introduced kitchen-garden, and well planted pleasure-grounds 



7620. BERWICKSHIRE. A surface of 326,400 acres. The northern part mountainous, with few 

 country-seats : but the south and east districts gently varied in surface ; rich in soil in some places ; 

 and everywhere under a system of farming which has been long celebrated. In this part of the county 



There are only two or three market-gardens near 



rounded by natural woods, romantic dells, and extensive arti- 

 ficial plantations. 



Dunse Castle, —near Dunsei Hay, Esq. A respectable 



old place. 



are a few gentlemen's seats, but none of any note 

 Berwick, and near Dunse. 



Dryburgh Orchard, — Planted by the Earl of Buchan in 1788, 

 and now very productive in pears, and apples. 



Retreat,— near Abbey ; Earl of Wemyss. A singular house, 

 of a circular form, in a retired situation on the banks of the 

 Whitadder, in the heart of the Lammermuir mountains, sur- 



7621. ROXBURGHSHIRE. A surface of 472,320 acres, chiefly hilly and mountainous, and in great 

 part under pasture. There are a few acres of market-garden ground near Kelso and Jedburgh ; and 

 some orchards at these places, at Melrose, and at Gatton. At Jedburgh are pear-trees supposed to be 

 from five to six centuries old. Some account of these orchards will be found in the Caledonian Horti- 

 cultural Society's Memoirs. (Vol. iii. p. 286.) 



Hawick and Hasscndean Nurseries Messrs. Dickson's exten- 

 sive establishments, at the villages bearing these names, begun 

 1729 ; they supply the north of England and south of Scotland ; 

 and from them originated the Leith Walk nursery, in .Midlo- 

 thian, and the Perth nursery, in Perthshire. 



Orchards of Melrose and Jedburgh. — Apple and pear trees, 

 planted by the priests of the abbeys of these towns, in the 16th 

 century, which are still very prolific, especially the pears : the 

 two principal kinds are called the duke's and monk pears. 



Crailing House, — near Crailing: Paton, Esq. A neat 



villa, most romantically situated on the high banks of the 

 .Ted. 



Minto House, — near Minto ; Earl Minto. Finely situated on 

 the south side of a well wooded hill, with judiciously arranged 

 pleasure-grounds, and a good kitchen-garden. 



Egerton, — near Jedburgh ; Col. Rutherford. A romantic 

 situation at the van of the Cheviot hills ; the gardens with ex- 

 tensive hot -houses, but rather neglected. 



Fleurs, — at Kelso; Duke of Roxburgh. A miserable house, 

 in one of the finest situations in Scotland. It stands on a ter- 

 race, at the bottom of which a fine lawn stretches to the Tweed ; 

 behind rise wooded hills ; and in front and on each side is ex- 

 tensive park-scenery, with the bridge and ruined abbev of 

 Kelso. 



7622. SELKIRKSHIRE. A surface of 160,500 acres, of hills and mountains, almost entirely under 

 pasturage. 



7623. TWEED ALE. A surface of 229,778 acres, hilly and mountainous, generally in pasture ; but with 

 some barren moors and fertile vales. 



7624. DUMFRIESHIRE. A surface of 644,385 acres, consisting, in great part, of hills and moun- 

 tains ; but with some low fertile lands towards the south. There is a nursery at Dumfries, and about 

 twelve market-gardens, averaging three acres each. 



Orchards. — There are a number of private orchards in this 

 county,' some of them a century old, and very productive. The 

 greater part of the produce is sent to market. 



Langham Cottage, — near Langham ; Duke of "Buccleugh A 

 picturesque heath-covered cottage, built as a temporary resi- 

 dence by the late duke, in a romantic situation, with beautiful 

 pleasure-grounds. 



7625. KIRCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. A surface of 561,641 acres, hilly, rocky, and with some mountains, 

 the greater part in pasture. There are some market and fruit gardens along the coast, which send their 

 produce to Dumfries and Ireland. An extensive orchard was formed by Lord Selkirk about 1790 ; and 

 small collections of fruit-trees have been planted at most of the farmhouses on his lordship's estates. 



St. Mary's Isle, — near Kircudbright ; Earl of Selkirk. A 

 substantial house, lately much improved, in an island, lately 

 rendered a peninsula by an embankment. The grounds much 

 diversified by woods, interspersed with thorns, briars, and 

 brambles, in imitation of a natural forest, by a former possessor. 

 There Is a handsome gravel-walk, by which a stranger makes a 

 tour of the whole. 



Broughton House, — near Gatehouse; Murray, Esq. A 



good house of granite, with extensive pleasure-grounds, laid 

 out by Ramsay. 



Cree House, — near Gatehouse ; Sir S. Hannay. A substan- 

 tial granite house, in an elevated situation, surrounded by 

 plantations. 



7626. WIGTONSHIRE. A surface three miles broad, varied and fertile, with few hills and no 

 mountains. 



Galloway House, — near Garliestown ; Earl of Galloway. A 

 large house surrounded by extensive plantations, enclosed by 

 substantial stone walls. Here ligs ripen against a common 

 garden-wall. 



fine old place, greatly improved by the late and present pro- 

 prietor. 



Castlemig, — near AVnithorn ; Hawthorn, Esq. A good 



house, situated on an elevated surface, and backed by old wood* 



Baridiarrow, — near Wigton ; John Vans Agnew, Esq. A | and young plantations 



7627. AYRSHIRE. A surface of 1600 square miles; partly hilly, and very generally under pasture 

 There some good gardens of almost every class : that of Ballochmoyle was formerly reckoned one of the 

 first private gardens in Scotland. There are in plantation 25,000 acres. 



Monkwood Botanic Garden and Nursery — is situated near Ayr, 

 and was founded by the present proprietor, Mr. James Smith. ■ 

 It contains about two acres ; and the collection includes above 

 •2000 hardy exotics, besides a very full collection of British, and 

 above 500 sorts of green-house plants. 



Kilmariwck Nurseries — Messrs. Sampson have an extensive 

 and highly respectable establishment ; and there is another 

 equally respectable, but of more recent origin. 



Market-Gardens, — there are several, from one to six acres in 

 extent, in the neighborhood of Kilmarnock and Ayr. Their 

 main crops are onions and carrots, of which they export large 

 quantities to Ireland. There are also market-gardens at Irvine, 

 Stewartown, and Saltcoats. There are few or no orchards. 



X Culzean Castle, — near Culzean ; Earl Cassilis. A noble 

 mansion, in the hybrid Gothic style of Adams, placed on a bold 

 precipice on the Carrick shore ; the offices adjoining forming a 

 fine subordinate group. The park contains 700 acres, richly 

 wooded, and abounding in marine views; in the pleasure- 

 grounds is an extensive collection, both of hardy and tender 



exotics ; and there is a productive kitchen-garden : the whole 

 in high keeping. 



Eglinton Castle, — near Kilwinning; Earl of Eg] in ton. A 

 noble castellated mansion, which, with the grounds, were greatly 

 improved by the late- earl. The trees of the park are large, of 

 picturesque forms, and much admired. The kitchen-garden 

 one of the best in the county. 



Loudon Castle, — near Kilmarnock; Marquis of Hastings. 

 An extensive Gothic building by Elliot, enclosing part of 

 the old castle ; the grounds lately planted from suggestions by 

 Nasmyth. 



Ballochmoyle, — near Mauchlin ; A lexander, Esq . Re- 

 markable for its excellent kitchen-garden, about 1790 reck- 

 oned one of the first in Scotland. The gardener's name, John 

 Livingston, formerly gardener to General Scott, of Bell vue, near 

 Edinburgh. 



Barganny Park, — near Ayr ; Sir H. D.Hamilton. A resi- 

 dence greatly improved, and most extensively planted by the 

 present proprietor. 



7628. RENFREWSHIRE. A surface of 153,307 acres ; abounding in hills, and moors, and with a cold 

 moist climate in the elevated district. The most remarkable gardening feature in this county is the flo- 

 rists' gardens of Paisley. 



Market. Gardens and Orchards There are several market- I orchard at Paisley, which, owing to the extension of the town, 



gardens round the sea-ports of Greenock and Port Glasgow ; is now situated near its centre : it contains two Scotch acre* 

 and some orchards at the latter place. There is also a very old | and some pear-trees of a large size and venerable aspect. 



