Design for combiiimg Forcmg-Ziouses, Sfc, in 0?ie Grmq). 61 



Castle, contains 30 or 10 acres of arable land ; another, a little farther down, 

 and of less dimensions, is entirely covered with wood. In following the course 

 of the river to the eastward, the junction of the Erne is perceived, and a con- 

 siderable variety produced by the different islands, and the sinuosities of the 

 shore. The Hill of Kinoul is seen about a mile to the westward of the Castle, 

 presenting a broken range of rocks of various heights, and, in some places, 

 with perpendicular precipices of 300 ft. Half the height of this hill, indeed, 

 ap|)ears to be of perpendicular rocks, rising out of a slope of debris, which, 

 about ten or twelve years ago, was planted. This hill has been long cele- 

 brated for the agates found on it : bloodstone has also been found there ; and, 

 also, the Linnae^a boreiilis. Potentilla argentea, Lactuca virosa, Pyrola ro- 

 tundifolia, Grammitis Ceterach, with other plants generally consiilered rare in 

 Scotland, are also to be met with on or about this hill. On the whole. Kin- 

 fauns, whether considered with regard to the beauty and grandeur of its 

 scenery, or the fertility of its soil, may rank among the finest places of 

 Scotland. — JF. A. B. 



Art. VI. Design for combining all the Forcing-houses, Bolanical 

 Houses, and Pits and Frames, required for a moderate Establish- 

 ment, in One Group. By A. Forsyth. 



Figs. 22. and 23. are intended to represent a range of liot- 

 houses, to be erected in a square of 100 ft., and to include all the 

 houses necessary for the supply of a suburban establishment ; 

 embracing the newest and most rational arrangements, by which 

 the various productions will be displayed to the greatest advan- 

 tage ; rendering the forcing-houses an elegant adjunct to the 

 pleasure-ground ; and, instead of the dismembered and dung- 

 clad aspect for which, at the present time, they are justly 

 excluded, forming a picturesque assemblage of buildings, con- 

 nected by an agreeable promenade, and this, too, at considerably 

 less prime cost and annual expenditure. 



Without saying a word about the manner in which fruits and 

 flowers are exhibited generally in our gardens, I come to the 

 point of how I consider they ought to be ; and, as gardening, in 

 all its branches, has now happily become the delight of all 

 classes, it is no inconsiderable part of the duty of a gardener to 

 display things advantageously. A house of grapes looks best 

 from the front, when the up))er side of the leaves above the 

 trelHs, and the broad side of the clusters below, can be viewed 

 at once; peaches, abreast; flowering plants, near the eye; cucum- 

 bers and strawberries, overhead ; pines, like an amphitheatre ; 

 and melons, elevated above their foliage, under the eye. 



Every one is aware that, when the eye is shaded, it expands, 

 and is gratified ; and, on the contrary, when exposed to intense 

 light, it becomes contracted and fatigued. We are likewise 

 aware that, if the lines of houses in a street, or the lines of 

 apartments in a house, were separated in such a manner that a 

 cubic room should have its base on the damp earth, and its other 



