211 



N | f 



N e > a 



\ir-m a n d 

 Child. Tin 



I ' !' u-l, 



and man 



including 



i . 



like Sir Joshua 

 Reynolds, and 

 por t r .1 i t s of 

 Hawkins, 

 Drake, and 

 Cavendish are 

 adorned with 

 wreaths can 

 by G r i n I i n ^ 

 Gibbons. The 

 boo k s and 

 manuscripts are 

 of g eat value, 

 and some of the 

 latter belonged 

 to th? old Abbey 

 of New battle. 



We may now survey the enchanting scenes which are 

 found in the gard.-ns and park by the course of the South Esk 

 River. For something iike two m:les does th.s beautiful 

 stream wind its way through the valley and park. Th,- 

 woodland scenery is superb, and some of the trees are of 

 great antiquity. They are mostly oak, ash, elm, beech, anJ 

 plane, with various tirs. Many are of remarkable size anJ 

 beauty, and the planes and elms are very majestic. Tlu 

 greatest of the patricians is a mighty beech, said to b-> the 

 largest in Scotland. It is lOD't. Ivgh. w th a vast spread of 



IHE NORIH SUNDIAL. 



. having ' 



ciuuiir 



i 



depending 



boughs ha\ e 

 I them- 

 selves in the 

 si nl. I here are 

 a I s , h u g e 

 v\ (..nivres and 

 i \pn-sse-. The 

 pl.intati >ns are 



;IN \e 



.111,1 are well 

 Kept, being 

 u I a r I y 



thinned .in-! 

 prune,!. l'he 

 n>Mr approach of 

 these ^ r e .1 1 

 t.. t IR- 

 IS une of 

 tlie most en- 

 chanting 

 features of the 

 place. It ir 



the charms of the landscape, with u:i.it nc!. ' . haracter. 



into close juxtaposition with the fi.rmal gardening, and the 

 effect is very beautiful. 



The opportunities of the garden de-igner were certainly 

 very many in this lovely place. The green lawn in the valley 

 b'rderin^ the river, with the gre.it wool-, fringing the bank-, 

 w.is an ideal place for his work. The woods nearly meeting 

 in either direction form the lawn into a kind i amphitheatre 

 and the garden is the gem set in the glorious surroundings. 

 The arrangement is parely formal, but complete!) 



THt EAST SI STMAL. 



