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Dalhousie Gardens. 



I now beg to give you a 

 short description of the 

 garden and hot-houses, 

 Which were the design of 

 Mr. John Hay, garden 

 architect, Edinburgh, in 

 1806. The garden (JSg.46.) 

 is on the north side of the 

 river, about one fourth of 

 a mile east from the Castle, 

 and contains nearly four 

 acres. The plan is cer- 

 tainly very different from, 

 and in effect far surpasses 

 the ordinary mode of en- 

 closing gardens by straight 

 walls, in the form of squares 

 or parallelograms; thewall 

 here, which is fifteen feet 

 in height, having been built 

 in a curved and winding 

 direction, to suit the ad- 

 jacent ground. The situ- 

 ation has been much ad- 

 mired by every person of 

 taste who has visited it : 

 one particular beauty con- 

 sists in the natural fence 

 on the south side, be- 

 ing perpendicular, rugged 

 rucks, to the depth of from 

 50 to 40 feet to the bed of 

 the river, with a walk along 

 the top. The range of 

 glazed houses is 205 feet 

 in length, consisting of a 

 green-house in the centre 

 36 feet, two vineries 77 

 feet, and two peach-houses 

 45 feet each ; with an ex- 

 cellent room on a level 

 with the top of the green- 

 house stage, where are 

 deposited some beautiful 

 specimens of natural his- 

 tory, and a few useful 

 books on botany, garden- 

 ing, agriculture, &c. 



The details of the garden 

 exhibit 



( a ) Quarters for vegetables, 

 small fruit, &c. 



( b ) Borders and plots for Ame- 

 rican plants. 



c ) Melon ground. 



( d ) Gardener's house. 



(e) Greenhouse. 



