MALLENY 



MIDLOTHIAN 



|ALLENY was for long in the possession 

 of a family of Scotts scions of the 

 house of Buccleuch, Laurence Scott 

 being one of the principal Clerks of 

 Session in the reign of James VI. and 

 I. In 1882 it was sold to Lord Rosebery by 

 Lieut. -Col. F. C. Scott, C.B. It is one of those 

 country seats which the growth of Edinburgh has 

 caused to become suburban in its environment, but 

 it remains delightfully secluded, screened by woodland 

 containing some magnificent sycamores. Unluckily I 

 did not visit it until the late tenants, Sir Thomas 

 and Lady Gibson-Carmichael, had resigned their lease 

 from Lord Rosebery, to whom this place belongs, on 

 Sir Thomas being appointed Governor of Victoria. 

 Thus I missed seeing the garden as it should have 

 been seen, for it was Lady CarmichaeFs care to fill 

 with bright flowers the framework of quaintly clipped 

 yews which are the legacy of bygone generations, 

 while Sir Thomas had enriched all parts of the 

 grounds with weird creatures wrought in metal, in 



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