THE 



GARDENERS MAGAZINE, 



JULY, 1836. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS, 



Art. I. A Notice of the Garden of Canonmills Cottage, the Resi- 

 dence of Patrick Neill, Esq., LL.D. F.L.S., S^c, with Lists of the 

 rare Plants contained in, or figured and described from, it. Drawn 

 up from Communications received from Professor Don, Mr. C. H. 

 Smith, and others. 



Canonmills Cottage has been the residence of Dr. Neill's 

 family for upwards of a century. It is situated close by the mills 

 which formerly belonged to the canons of Holyrood House, 

 about a mile from the city of Edinburgh, on the north shore of 

 the Loch, and contains, in all, not more than half an acre 

 and three poles of ground ; but in this limited space there is in- 

 cluded a greater store of botanical riches than, we believe, is to 

 be found in any other suburban garden, of even much greater 

 extent, in any part of Britain, or, perhaps, in the world. It is for 

 this reason that we have been long anxious to lay a plan of it 

 before our readers, accompanied by a list of the more remarkable 

 plants at present growing in it, and of the new and rare plants that 

 have been figured from it at various times. The plan of the garden 

 (made by Mr. C. H. Smith, landscape-gardener and garden ar- 

 chitect, mentioned in Vol. XI. p. 673.), with its explanation, and 

 a list of the more remarkable hardy ligneous plants growing in 

 the garden, will be found in p. 336, 337.; and^^. 44. in p. 334. 

 is a perspective view of the whole, as seen from the door of the 

 dwelling-house, late in the autumn. For the drawing from which 

 this view was engraved we are indebted to that eminent botanist, 

 and elegant draughtsman. Dr. Greville. 



On the other side of the dwelling-house Is a bank fronting the 

 north, where alpine plants are grown, and on which there is a 

 large frame for the more rare plants of that description. 



The surface of the ground of this garden falls towards the lake ; 

 so that the point a in the ground plan is 10 ft. higher than the 

 Vol. XII. — No. 76. c o 



