THE 



GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, 



AUGUST, 1832. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. General Results of a Gardening Tour, during July, 

 August, and part of September, in the Year 1831, from Dum- 

 fries, by Kirkcudbright, Ayr, and Greenock, to Paisley. By the 

 Conductor. 



{Continued from p. 266.) 



From the subject of cottages, the transition to that of towns 

 and villages is easy and natural ; but we shall enter no farther 

 into it, than to supply a few materials for thinking to head- 

 gardeners, and young men who aspire to (what in these 

 transition times, every young gardener ought to aim at) the 

 general management of a demesne, or of a landed estate. 



The towns and villages in the west of Scotland have par- 

 taken of the general improvement of the country, and more 

 particularly the seaports, and the manufacturing districts of 

 Kilmarnock, Paisley, and Catrine. The most stupendous 

 public work which we have witnessed, in any of the places 

 alluded to, is what is called Shaw's Waterworks, the con- 

 trivance of that most inventive engineer, Mr. Thorn of 

 Rothsay. 



Greenock is situated at the bottom of a sloping hill or ridge, 

 the top of which is upwards of 500 ft. above the level of the 

 Clyde. To the top of this ridge Mr. Thorn has conducted, 

 along the summits of other ridges, from a distance of six miles, 

 a copious supply of water, not only for all the ordinary pur- 

 poses of the town, but for driving machinery. The water is 

 collected into reservoirs, at the distance of several miles from 



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