AUCHENCRUIVE 



AYRSHIRE 



one can realise, until he tries it, the 

 difficulty of making a small selection 

 from the many beautiful gardens to be 

 found in every Scottish county. There 

 are famous gardens, such as those at 

 Dalkeith, Drumlanrig, Preston Hall, Drummond 

 Castle, Terregles, and many other places, to which 

 we would fain have given a place in these pages, 

 had they not been described and depicted in so 

 many previous publications. Our purpose has been, 

 not to present the well-known and distinguished, 

 but rather to point out in how many gardens, 

 humble as well as lordly, beauty is to be found by 

 anybody who cares to look for it. 



Many charming homes have been built and 

 many delightful pleasure grounds laid out in the 

 immediate neighbourhood of 



" Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses 

 For honest men and bonny lasses," 



but there is no garden in that district to be compared 

 with that of Auchencruive for natural charm of rock 



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