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tself is a large building, though modernised a 
> nd 
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almost lost amidst a multitude ‘of high towers sind 
e. agnih 
yation, springing from a terraced basement, and pierced | 
with rows of "oriel and plain wi — ws ornam mented with 
various tabling, forms an extensive and imposing | 
frontage to the sea, over which ri rises a series of lofty 
towers at the angles of the large mass, 
the edifice is cro by numerous tow d 
minarets. towers have high, sharp, pointed 
roofs, covered with o ping plates or scal f 
lead ; but the main tov the th-east corner, 
h is 28 feet square, and rises to a heig 35 
feet above the basement ce, has its roof incurved 
and truncated. It forms the forte-cochére underneat 
The general character of the ‘whole building is that of 
a very larg e French chateau or German pa alace, with 
details of She best old Scottish m dels.” 
ornam ng on the basement terrace before-mentioned, 
view seaward is magnificent. On either ha nd 
ee extensive slopes luxuriantly wooded ; in front 
the right, is a large old- i or oe Tia garden ; 0 ; 
the left a singularly picturesque flower-gardens aa 
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andly here in the autumn is aie TT calabrica, 
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and bp jp od it too is very largely used. Where a “ey JEDBURGH PEARS, 
of s is wante ame ae dwarf Dahlia Little | Ir were difficult to find a more picturesque and 
Wonder i is cpr fa th gre ect. Around the fo | enchanting bit of Scottish scen e vale 
tain, which is seen in our illustration (fig. 68), several through which meanders the crystal streamlet locally 
| magaria a the P Ea n planted sinc known as “Jed Water.” The ‘‘ water,” as it is 
tograph was oe. pe aoe ecg esults, | designated, in  contradistinction to its trib 
pistorikily speaking. Nearer the sea is — is called | ‘* burns” “river” Teviot, in which it is 
the lower garden, v key is divided from the} ye | wee lost, rises out of the Sonar Fell, an outpost 
ceding by a Substantial wall, on which Pees trees are | cot wag Cheviot range of hills, "e summit of which was 
trained, afs it is worthy of remark that these trees, | once ag undary line of two kingdoms, and the 
principal ord Suffield and Keswick Codlin, | a of many a bloody y aeda but notably of a 
rrua Hissttly ge oo sea, and often bathed in | skirmis own as the Raid of the 
its spray, have done better than those in rag shel- | where a friendly meeting of the wardens for the 
tered ear in the same garden. In this depart- | redressing of wrongs and punishing of crimes ended in 
ment are the glass-houses, and one of the prettiest and | a sanguinary battle, in which the ‘* Jedwood axe” was 
most convellions of gardener’s cottages, tenanted by Mr. | seemeintr weapon, and the formidable war-cry 
Melville, the head gardener—a first-class practical | i Jetharts here,” was heard above the clash of arms 
man. | and the ioak of the wounded. The upper part of 
The choice kinds of inp are not are to be pro- | ale is devoid , but soon the gushing 
duced here, the suppl oming ee cs at | streamlet gets lost i e deep and impenetrable 
Trentham, consequently the house e dev ted to | shades of the grand remains of what was once the 
Cucumbers, Melons, and Tomat as ser ncip sally to | great Caledonian forest, Six miles from its source are 
the culture of small, slants for table work, and which | the remains of old Jedburgh, or Jedworth, locally 
; a ert te eh, 
Fic, 68.—VIEW OF DUNROBIN CASTLE FROM THE FLOWER GARDEN, 
shady woodland walks, haa in front is the Mora 
a the greater portion which is swept by 
the eye. 
Descending towards the main flower garden we 
come upon a aes with Ivy-covered slo and 
along which there is a grass promenade, kept t luxuri- 
eans 
flower aa pae (see fig. 68), which occupies a consi 
abl reular in its outline, with a foun- 
tain in the centre, The design is simple but exceed- 
ingly and the bedding-out is carried out on the 
Massing principle, the object to secure a telli 
a aad i in = 150 or 200 feet above. 
en io are lar so 
well a they a yellow nothing does 
í as 
l on, which was a 
glorious mass of colour. “Another plant which does - 
are remarkably well done. There are or two long | corrupted into “‘ Jethart,” said to have been founded 
fi Svir borden prtacipally cocipaied of ariris in 845, but of which nothing now remains. Four miles 
able for the delicacy of their gyre and several | farther on is Jedburgh, or Jethart, and at every turn of 
=. ae cai lled with such l ous objects as | the road new beauties meet the eye. One 
the Lythrum roseum, Fuchsia Ricca‘ mand Phlox es, | notable feature the n succession of 
Of trees grown for shelter, the chief is is the Sea Buck- | lofty precipices, o verhanging the pa | 
thorn, and it is astonishing how well such things as which ¢ exhibit qiir rpe aniis; partially screened 
t mon and Porini Laurels, Hollies, and the | with the foliage of natural wood, w which grows luxu- 
| Willow-leaved Pop ere, seeing that there is | riantly, an duces a blending of colours ne to 
ly 14 or 15 inches 1 tha’ ot impreg the eye and ravishing to the landscape pain 
with salt. ‘The woolly-leaved Poplar and the Syca- Little more than a — aire k edburgh is Ferniehirst, 
re also make fine growths, and s the common 
Honeysuckle. We sho d not omit to mention | family now coe prem ce w the nee of cae hd 
The rem: of the ancient tow 
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hat plant screens are in some demand here, and that ] 
a a a mimoni Da ea artigal gear aa 
none are found to do better or e more effectual 
n those of Lophospermum scanden: 
The kitchen garden covers a considerable extent of 
ground, and contains a good assortment of Apples and 
Pears and of bush fruits, and well-cropped vegetable 
quarters, edged for the most part with old-fashioned 
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cater eee 
n the al grounds on the north-west side | other very ancient 
of ah Castle | is a s a strikingly handsome dairy ; and in | called the 
another part may be the magnificent monument | little 
erected to the 
