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thorn ; a great portion of the land, on either side, being under 

 cultivation. Fortunately, we found Mr. Turnbull at home, 

 and had the gratification of a pleasant walk through the prem- 

 ises. The proprietor deserves great credit for his liberality in 

 keeping up the appearance of the place, as he does not reside 

 upon it, and the products of the garden, beside much that is 

 distributed in the neighborhood, are sent away to some dis- 

 tance. Bothwell castle is about three or four miles from Glas- 

 gow, on the mail route to Edinburgh. 



The grounds near the entrance to the walled garden, are 

 beautifully laid out and planted, just to our ideas as they 

 should be: varied walks bordered with laurels, rhododen- 

 drons, and other evergreens, turf green and smooth, without a 

 raw edge, and the gravel even and well rolled. The garden 

 contains three or four acres, with a range of houses on the 

 south, devoted to miscellaneous plants, &c. ; there is also a 

 pinery, and a house for Orchids. Mr. Turnbull is a great 

 lover of flowers, and also one of the best cultivators of heaths 

 in Scotland, excelled perhaps by no one unless Mr. McNab. 

 Among the great number of herbaceous plants which fill the 

 border, but which were now nearly out of bloom, we noticed 

 Xythrum alatum, Z/ychnis vespertina pleno, and Achillea ro- 

 sea, each very desirable. The calceolarias were very beauti- 

 ful, and planted out in beds had a superb appearance. Clarkia 

 pulchella and pulchella alba, were among the most attractive 

 objects of the border : these two beautiful annuals are sadly 

 neglected by lovers of flowers; properly grown, they are 

 truly the greatest acquisitions to the flower garden. The 

 neatness, order, and systematic arrangement of this depart- 

 ment, pleased us as much as any place we had seen. 



The Heath house is a small span-roofed building, and was 

 filled with superb specimens, of which the following are the 

 dimensions of some of the best : — vestita, 4 J feet in diameter ; 

 elegans, 3 feet ; Ait6n^^, 2 feet ; rupestris, 2 feet ; retorta ma- 

 jor, 2 feet ; declinata, triceps, Svailed^ia and others, 2 feet : 

 Mr. Turnbull does not approve of the plan of raising the un- 

 sightly ball in the centre of the pot ; and the appearance 

 and health of his plants is conclusive evidence that it is objec- 

 tionable in every respect. These plants are all clothed with 

 foliage or foliage and flowers to the edge of the pots ; this is 



