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great extent of garden scenery, and a very large kitchen- 

 garden. The whole is remarkably well kept by the gardener, 

 Mr. Heppell, though evidently with the greatest difficulty, 

 from a deficiency of hands. Mr. Heppell had in his hot-house 

 crops of pines, grapes, and peaches, which were not surpassed 

 by any we saw in Scotland : indeedj taking size, quantity, and 

 flavour jointly into consideration, we think they were the best 

 we saw any where north of Knowlesley Park. But that which, 

 in respect to horticulture, renders the kitchen-garden at 

 Culzean more especially worthy of attention, is, the excellent 

 crops of grapes obtained in the pine stoves, in the manner 

 which we have noticed (Vol. VII. p. 411. and p. 539.) as 

 practised at Trentham, Tatton Park, and other places in 

 England. The grass edgings to the walks, and groups of 

 flowers on the lawn, were, generally speaking, entirely to our 

 taste. The young plantations were in a ruinous state, for want 

 of thinning, but we have no room here for details. 



Bargamiy has for the last 25 years been the scene of 

 extensive improvements in the way of road making, draining, 

 planting, 8cc. The kitchen-garden, laid out by Mr. Hay, 

 has flued walls and hot-houses. It occupies, together with 

 the pleasure-ground which surrounds it, about 13 acres. 

 The whole is most economically and judiciously managed by 

 Mr. Dodd, who, in the absence of the family, cannot, of 

 course, attend to high keeping. 



Kilkerrau is remarkable for an excellent kitchen-garden, 

 also by Mr. Hay, and for a singularly romantic wooded 

 dingle. The rock through which the stream has furrowed 

 its course down the face of a steep hill is of red sandstone ; 

 and the cavernous sinuosities, waterfalls, and cascades are of 

 endless variety. Among the trees are some magnificent silver 

 firs, but either more exotics are wanted to render the dell suf- 

 ficiently gardenesque, or those which are there ought to be 

 removed, in order to render it perfectly natural. There is 

 an excellent gardener's house, and the garden is admirably 

 managed by Mr. Cullen, a reading gardener, who is fully 

 aware of the importance of not digging fruit-tree borders, or 

 paring the grass edgings of the walks. 



We must pass over a number of mansions, to notice Aucliin- 

 cruive., a grand and romantic place on the banks of the Ayr. 

 The house is placed in a most striking situation, but is not very 

 fortunate with regard to the road by which it is approached. 

 The kitchen-garden, as such, is badly situated; but, com- 

 bining, as it does, architectural and Italian-like scenery, with 

 the culture of fruits and flowers, it has an excellent general 

 effect, and suits the style of scenery amidst which it is placed. 



