SCOTTISH GAKDENS 



australis twenty feet high; what then might not be 

 made of this fine enclosure with its kindly sheltering 

 walls if the space occupied by aucuba and clipped 

 Portugal laurel were devoted to some of the host of 

 lovely things that delight in a western climate such 

 as Carpenteria, Desfontainea, Eucryphia and Himalayan 

 rhododendrons? Also one grudges the wall space 

 covered with masses of ivy, for the masonry might 

 be draped with many forms of beauty, too tender 

 to stand alone. 



A curious enclosure, some thirty feet square, with 

 high walls, stands at one corner of this pleasaunce. 

 It is roofless now, but appears to have been once a 

 pavilion or large summer house. The entrance is 

 through a pretty wicket of wrought iron, and the 

 interior is occupied by Lady Glasgow's rock garden, a 

 delightful nook for the cultivation of choice flowers 

 and ferns. The more modern kitchen garden has 

 broad borders backed with rose-covered pergolas and 

 filled with a general herbaceous collection, well- 

 ordered and in excellent condition. Conspicuous in 

 early July were two varieties of dittany (Dictamnus 

 fraxinella) of a brighter rose tint than I have seen 

 elsewhere, a great improvement on the ordinary type, 

 which is not very satisfactory in colour. A bright 

 myosotis was very pleasing. I took it at first for 

 the hybrid of azorica named " Imperatrice Elizabeth/' 

 but the gardener informed me it was called " Queen 

 Victoria." 



Before going up the glen one pauses to admire a 



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