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at one end. If it were heated by steam-pipes, one lire would 

 be sufficient. In this conservatory were many fine plants, 

 the full height of the house. Before the conservatory was 

 erected, the ground on that side of the house, where it 

 stands, was a kitchen garden, and upon one of the walls 

 there was an old Frankendale vine, 60 feet from the end of 

 the conservatory. After it was erected, and the wall re- 

 moved, the branches were all pruned off, and a trench 

 being made, the vine was laid into it, and its top intro- 

 duced at the end of the conservatory : here it now fills all 

 the rafters of one of the wings 28 feet long, the roof of 

 which is double. A little heap of earth, forming a rise in 

 the grass, marks the place of the original roots. The gar- 

 dener gave us cuttings of this vine, which he said was the 

 true Frankendale, so much cultivated in Holland and 

 Flanders. These Mr Macdonald engaged to take charge 

 of. 



Oct. 15. — This morning we went to Mr Grange's fruit 

 and market garden at Hoocton near Kingsland. He kind- 

 ly invited us to breakfast, and afterwards accompanied us 

 through his extensive grounds. He has 57 acres under the 

 spade. He was exceedingly frank and unreserved with 

 regard to any thing we wished to see, or attain the know- 

 ledge of. It is about 17 years since he took possession of 

 his grounds, and all the erections upon them connected 

 with his establishment, which are very considerable, have 

 been done at his own expence. It appears from a sketch 

 which I took, that the hot-houses he had erected might be 

 about 580 feet in extent : a great part of which were double 

 roofed houses, projecting at right angles from a range of 

 alx>ut 200 feet. At the back of these, sheds extend the 

 whole length, suitably fitted up for the accommodation of 



