THE MAGAZINE 



O F 



HORTICULTURE. 



MAY, 1846. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. 1. Notes and Recollections of a Tour through part of 

 England^ Scotland and France^ in the autumn of 1844. 

 By the Editor. 



{Continued frontpage 126.) 



Bothwell Castle, October 11th, 1846. — Bothwell Castle is so 

 familiar to all readers of Scottish History, as the place where 

 the unfortunate Mary Q,ueen of Scots was for some time con- 

 fined, that we need but mention it to recall the events so 

 graphically recorded by historical writers. Whatever it might 

 have been at the time it was in the possession of Lord Both- 

 well, it is now one of the most beautiful places we visited. 

 The grounds cover many acres of high and level surface, but 

 on one side descend precipitously to River Clyde : on the edge of 

 the bank, surrounded by groups of trees, stands the ruins of 

 the once strong and noble castle, now overgrown with ivy, 

 and forming a picturesque and romantic object. As we stood 

 within its walls, amid the stillness of the place, only disturbed 

 by the occasional cries of the rooks, which rear their young 

 in the crevices of the walls, and the murmuring of the wa- 

 ters below, our imagination wandered back to the time when 

 it was the scene of the stirring events, which occupy so prom- 

 inent a place in the history of Scotland's beautiful Queen. 



The house of the present proprietor is situated at some dis- 

 tance from the castle, and is a building of no pretensions to 

 style. Near it is situated the kitchen garden, flower garden, 

 &c., and a beautiful Gothic cottage, in which the intelligent 

 gardener, Mr. Turnbull, resides. The entrance is through a 

 large arched gateway, and a long curved avenue, hedged with 



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