Domestic Notices : — Scotland, 



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Large Turnip. — A white turnip, weighing 9 lbs. 6 oz., and measuring 

 2 ft. 7 in. in girth, was gathered by Mr. William Shaw, gardener, from the 

 garden of Mr. Youle, in the Fishpond. {Nottingham Review, Aug. 1831.) 



SCOTLAND. 



Places in the Neighbourhood of St. Andrew's. — The Priory. Sir, I now send 

 you the plan of the'Priory garden(/g.l 19.),'which I promised you in my last, 



n HoUhouses and green-houses. b. Mansion-house. c. Stables and coach-yard. 



rf, Pleasure-ground. c. Melon-pit. /, g. Cropping ground. h. Cathedral 



wall. i. Flower-border. k. Shrubberies. /, Gravel walks. 



but I must say it is with reluctance, as I think you will at once pronounce 

 it unworthy of a place in the Gardener's Magazine. However, you must 

 exercise your own discretion as to that, as I send it to you as it really is, with 

 the exception of c?, which is now all trees, but which is proposed to be 

 altered as represented. This garden is situated at the east end of the 

 South Street of St. Andrew's, in that part of the Priory called the Cloister. 

 A fine view of the bay of St. Andrew's, as well as of the adjacent country, 

 is obtamed from the mansion-house. The garden was made about twenty- 

 four years ago, and, as you will perceive, is small and contracted, although 

 I believe it impossible to alter it to any advantage. The whole occupies a 



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