SCOTTISH GARDENS 



so under the guidance of its mistress, who has 

 applied herself with ardour and intelligence to 

 develop the resources of a kindly soil and genial 

 climate. The walled garden is 200 yards from end 

 to end, with great ranges of glass, where Mr. Lunt, 

 who has been in active superintendence for more than 

 half a century, produces fruit by the hundred-weight, 

 unsurpassed in quality. Round the outside of this 

 enclosure lies an outer garden, where many choice 

 shrubs have been allowed to maintain for many 

 years a fierce struggle for existence. These are now 

 in process of being relieved and rearranged, during 

 which many unsuspected treasures have been brought 

 to light, such as a bush of Rhododendron glaucum 

 (distinguished among others of the genus by its 

 deliciously scented foliage) of the unusual height of 

 eight feet. 



The mansion house stands on a plateau sixty 

 feet above the main garden, commanding enchanting 

 views across the blue firth of the Argyllshire hills 

 to the west, and many-crested Arran to the south. 

 The lawn garden stretches before the south front of 

 the house, where two enormous arbutus, of well-nigh 

 forest stature, attest the mildness of the climate. 

 There is also a fair specimen of the deciduous or 

 swamp cypress, a tree seldom seen in Scotland. 



It would take a long summer day to exhaust 

 the beauty and interest of these grounds; but the 

 same may be said of many another earthly paradise 

 which have grown up round old country houses. 



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