THE 



GARDENER S MAGAZINE, 



FEBRUARY, 1833. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



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

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

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

 Conductor. 



{Continued from Vol. VIII. p. 521., and concluded.) 



Palace Residences. — There is no gentleman's house in 

 the west of Scotland, that, in its present state, can properly 

 be denominated a palace residence ; but Drumlanrig, from its 

 commanding situation, the extensive territory belonging to it, 

 and the wealth and rank of its owner^ we shall here consider 

 as of this class. We feel the more justified in doing so, from 

 the extensive improvements now carrying on in the grounds, 

 and which will, doubtless, in a short time, be extended to the 

 house. Nothing can exceed the dignity of the situation of 

 this edifice; placed on a knoll, on the summit of an ad- 

 vancing ridge, backed by an extensive range of wooded hills 

 and mountains, and commanding, in front, and to the right 

 and left, as far as the eye can reach, a varied surface of corn 

 and pasture land, watered by a considerable stream which 

 skirts the margin of the park, and terminating in hills of 

 heath and pasture in the horizon. To whatever side the eye 

 turns of this extensive and magnificent prospect, the whole 

 is the property of the Duke of Buccleugh. 



As this property now exists, in a general point of view, 

 there is little for the landscape-gardener to do, except form- 

 ing two new approaches to the house, a new kitchen-garden ; 

 and modifying, by planting and by some changes on the 

 Vol. IX. — No. 42, b 



