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THE: 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
{NOVEMBER 20, 1875, 
authors of his period. ‘ Rue, even for ruth,” 
herb of grace, Ruy Diaz. 
Among ourselves, as has been already observed, 
its reputation has almost gone, although, as a 
ultry medicine, Rue leaves are still in repute. 
en, eaten as a salad between 
and Germany, but this mode of 
employing it is pev unattended with risk. In 
the tim 
neighbour's g 
frequently bordered with it, and hence arose a 
verbial хурна, applie to those. who 
were about to an undertaking, but 
had not yet SRC it, * You have not yet 
arrived at the Parsley ап 
posed to 
account was s frequen tly taken by the Romans 
before engaging ina drinking bout. 
Rue plays a part. Hesays that in 1180, Bernard 
might be distinguished from those of the former 
house. The Emperor took a chaplet of Rue, 
which he was then wearing, and threw it across 
the buckler of the Duke, who at once had this 
plant added to his coat of arms. 
From a botanical point of view the Rue pre- 
sents many features of interest. We have, how- 
ever, so extended our sketch of its аве 
апа асат associations that spac enter 
uoti its bot anical aspect is wanting. B at 
BRIT ISH GARDENERS. —XXX. 
. WILLIAM HUTCHISON. 
Mr. HUTCHISON, the subject of our cen іла 
trait, writes as follows of his horticultural c 
“I was born at Spittalfeld, in the parish of 
Caputh, Perthshire, on Febru 
ish school was in the same village, and there I got 
the rudiments of my education. 
I began to work, I es 
school if an opportunity occurre 
great desire for cime dee bent about eleven years of 
age, when I began to b es, and succeeded in 
growing several v dier t on an ЕА пе 
rambling over the west end of m 
eath ; 
Id > try again the following spring, and 
this time, са waiting more erem I had the 
— see that one-third were growing, and 
pibe ee Ihad the TM of seeing them 
which they had 
some 
flourishing i in a P. s garden, t 
been tr ted. 
stocked. Mr. Henderson was second to few in the 
culture of the Heath, which at that time was con- 
sidered a more difficul 
very n 
plants, which were all n —a grand chance for 
ког чир who on inclined to барке the Оргону of 
tudyin 
* In San 1835, I went as journeyman to Kin- 
fauns Castle, Ө the wo s Lord Gray, the E at 
un е of Mr. Robertson There 
and b 
help and the advan iube ofa edge he ке r of herbaceous 
and alpine plants, already alluded by Mr. Cramb, 
I added pareve erably to my а е of 
age apes 
change was in January, 1836, to Oxen- 
Do cbe thi seat of Sir John Dalrymple, now the 
Ear tair’s, the Чыт there being under the 
su зей nce of Henderson, who improved 
the flower garden т walks in the pleasure grounds. 
There the Pines were in a more satisfactory condition 
han any that I had previously seen ; Vines not so, 
their bad state being attributable r C" having 
es Dodds suc- 
ber, SEU and again 
left in November, 1837, to go to rear Palace, w 
| I went to € f ‘Gardens, where 
E 
urray gave me the charge of the houses. We passed 
€ ordeal of the most severe тас г (1837- 38), І еуег 
ntinuous frost o weeks’ duration, 
adi to keep up the temperature with a steam Boiler to 
ear the requir 
ectures in the College and in 
gardens, as well as other advantages in the way of 
earning, 
** About this time Mr. Murray was гар to for а 
young man to go to the ссн of Good Hope to collect 
ants an seeds, and decided to re на me for 
the nation ; but the sad death of David Douglas 
was too sensibly felt to D me to take that or any 
similar d Lat 
Henderson of Delvin 
— p as a matter of Ares I consulted Mr. 
Murray, who demurred, a would be more to 
to А branch of 
dening. However, I did not = e quite the cen 
view of it as Mr. Murray, and made up my mind to 
Ба аа гт A. L. Gower, Esq., “the proprietor of 
s place. — І had, previous to my — 
q the place, and 
Sheu’ a ate a? 
жаты, Бы эм gern gs wate hg 
different from what I | 
— 
after I had had an interview with M 
Gower, I found that Ih had got 
ery refined ijs fc hs 
» employers. Every requisit te as to men and mean 
s freely фео so that the work of impro 
progressed 
Before qw TA a о, e the place, 
which must be brie 
t I should 
of EU] аг The 
Malgwyn border the River Tivy, 
which forms the ET line between Cardigans 
and Pembrokeshire. The house is a modern building 
pleasantly situ situated, E pd 
lying belirdi ro Rive 
Pak ae ov ei The R River Tiv 
chief саран of interest ; 
Lakes in the north of Car 
through a beautiful country pas 
= lyn to Cenarth, ‘ete it falls turbulently over the 
nan 
mead Ows - 
to the old picturesque bridge of Llechryd, the latter 
about three-qua of a mile from the west end of 
Castle ere the meadows tree and 
n h from the bed, 
ea 
with trees feathering downto and overhanging the 
water. e walk above alluded to was in course of 
when I came to Wales, an 
while following the course and natural 
iver—a charming and dodi retreat from the 
sun, an резе АП = to view a of the 
fascinating landscapes imaginable. 
ving followed the course КӨ "es river Б Ње 
t 
formed the plantations with judgment. 
Llechryd Bridge unites the two counties, Cardiganand 
Pem 
and road ck side by eng the а being on 
d the park is ie off at 
5 
,B 
2 
6 
Morgenau brook, and takes a sharp turn to the south, 
then to the west, an ene .ascends to the front of the 
mansion, which faces t 
a series e stairs, dece tot de i and Tem 
zo where a walk leads past a small flowe 
rth side, Неге іѕ а 
—flowing 
From this spot 
waters edge 
ing to a level walk n op of the bank, fine 
views of the lower ground rock on the other side 
of theriver, picturesque intheextreme, — A 
i further on, among a thicket of ped and trees, 
approach all of a sudden on a very secluded spot, 
wee erec irum large boulder stones | 
is known as Arch, and was built t in the d 
of Sir njamin iet, n mo doubt for a twofol 
purpose crossing а 
public. AFEN which at et time icd. ь Cierra 
and the other to. diminish the des die gr 
to the Morgenau brook. This interesting 
enters the glen : 
at about a hundred yards from the 
Beide over w is carried on its way 
the mansion. extends in 
phere ая about three-quarters of a 
М аба ee a ee 
