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STATISTICS OF GARDENING. 



Part IV. 



The surface of the area is happily considerably varied, 

 which* adds greatly to the effect of the irregular groups and 

 compartments ; and it is fortunate also in having agreeable 



exterior scenery (Jig- 754.), which, to the spectator walking 

 in the gardens, forms a fine back-ground to the hothouses, 

 and at the same time shelters them from the north winds. 



Glasgow Nuneries — occupy about 60 acres; the principal 

 are carried on by Austin and Co. and Brown. 



The Market-Gardens of Glasgow — 'are estimated to occupy 

 260 or 270 acres, which are cropped chiefly with the com- 

 moner articles ; sea-kale, artichokes, beet, endive, French 

 beans, and shallots, are not in demand ; and other rarer sorts 

 are unknown. Thirty acres, however, are occupied in raising 

 strawberries for the Glasgow market, and an acre in a good 

 season is estimated to produce from 800 to 900 Scotch pints, 

 or about four times that number of pottles. 



Clydesdale Orchards These are CO in number, and occupy 



from 210 to 220 acres between Glasgow and Lanark. The 



largest contains about 30 acres. The fruits produced are 

 apples, pears, plums, gooseberries, and currants. Many of 

 them occupy steep banks, and are never cultivated. The 

 others are chiefly ploughed, unless where the small fruits are 

 grown in the intervals of the trees. The produce finds a ready 

 sale in Glasgow and the sea-ports; and the demand seems 

 increasing. 



X Hamilton Palace, — at Hamilton ; Duke of Hamilton. A 

 gloomy old fabric, situated on one side of an extensive park 

 watered by the Clyde ; well wooded with old oaks, and dis- 

 tinguished by an extensive frontage, or false palace, on an 

 eminence, called Chatelherault (Herald's Castle), said to be 



