Book 1. 



GAilDENS OF JllELAND 



1093 



and planted extonsivelv. (See An Account of the Improvements on the Marquis of Stafford's Estates, ^c. 

 by James Loch, F.sj. Svo. 1S20.) 



well, and every thing might be obtained by the use of 



DumvMn Castle, — at Dunrobiji ; :Marquis of Stafford. 

 There is no mansion employed as a residence, but it is said 

 a magnifictnit one is in conteniulation, and there is a nark 

 devoted to the breeding and feeding of 1000 mountain deer. 

 In the garden, apples, pears, and cherries thrive perl'ectly 



a/cibo, — at Skibo ; Dempster, Esq. E.xtensive plant- 



itions have been formed, and in the gaidens apricots and 

 ralnuts have sometimes ripened. 



7647. ROSS-SHIRR A surface of 1,776,000 acres ; the eastern part fertile, and containing some 

 country-seats ; but the rest rude, mountainous, and tit only for plantations and pasture. In no part of 

 Scotland have the proprietors been more assiduous in forming public roads, and in planting extensive 

 moory tracts. 



park, that is, an assemblage of grass-fields, surrounded by 

 strijis and varied by masses and groups. 



Bi:/ii-igO)i-iin, — near Kilmiiir : Sir J. C. Ross. A most de- 

 sirable seat, aurrouiided by an immense extent of thriving 

 plantation. 



yew rari'of, — near Kilmuir ; Earl of Cromarty. A superb 

 modem house, inferior to few ^oat> in Scotl.^nd, sun-ouiided 

 by extensive grounds and plantations, ^^^l■L■h join those of 

 ijabia L;owan. 



Bra':ci,n C,:st!c. — near UiTsy ; Loro. Seaf.^rtli. A fii'.e build- 

 ing, pleasantly situated on the river t onan, and suiTounded 

 by extensive and well pla^it. d gi'ouuds, con.iaiiiing a good 

 kitchen -g.arden and an extensive collection of exotic and hardy 

 planis. 



Red Casile, — netir T ocb Boauly ; Colonel Grant, --xn ancient 

 aiid resiiectable residence considerably improved. 



7il4^. IXYERN'ESS-.SHIFlE. A surface of 2,000,000 of acres, being the largest county in Scotland. 

 It consists of two ranges of moinitains, separated by a chain of lakes now united by the Caledonian 

 canal. The valleys are Ter .!:■ : i;: -liy of the mountains are covered with natural forests inhabited by the 

 rod and roe deer,' the r.l; i ' inon hare, and other exquisite sorts of game. 



Mlarkd-Giinfcns and Orclian's. — There are none of the 

 former ; but there is an old orchard at Kedcastle, in which the 

 nonpareil ripens as an espaUer. At Castle Uraham, Xovar, 

 and Brar!an!j\vell. are also ovchavds of recent formations. 



/»(;,- CuwV , — ne-rlnvcvgordon; M'Leod, Esq. 



.A.hanri.onii ho\:-e, by Gille:-'ie, ut Edinburgh, sunoimded 

 by thrii ing iilanta.ions, on gioiinua where eigiity years ago not 



S'>: ai-, — near Cromarty : Sir H. r^Ionro. A great and 

 finished plac, and one of "ti-.e most coiuplete in the north ; the 

 situation' of the hou^e is elevated, and it commands a fine rtew 

 of the bay of Cromarty. 



Rorlmrf^h House, — near Avoch; A modem 



edifice, substantially built and commodious. It is siluateii on 

 a beautifiil bank near the sea, and suiroundett by a Scottish 



Inverness Xursery, — at Ir:> i r;bbs. A very 



extensive establishment for iir. i - .-.riiy fi-v.it-trees ; 



■with branch nurseries at other tL . r.s. licie is a very com- 

 plete nursery orchard of all the hardy fruit-trees which i ipen 

 their &-uits as standards, and&om whuch the scions and cuttings 

 for propajation are taken, 



O'-diuri's There are but few public or commercial orchards, 



bv.t some private ones, of v>-hich a great part of the produce is 

 SPnt to market. One of the largest is at Auchnasaim, near 

 Inverness. It was planted in l/SS, chieHy with the Hereford- 

 shire cider apples. The trees are now in a full bearing state. 

 They are placed thirty feet apart : till lately the interniediate 

 spaces were regulai ly'cropped, according to the rotation of the 

 fann, along with which the orchard is let ; now, however, tlie 

 branches nearly meet, and grass is found to lie the preferable 

 xmder-crop. The old garden at Caatle Stewart, belonging to 

 the Earl of .Moray, and situated seven miles noith-east of In- 

 verness, may also perhaps be ranked as an orchard. The trees 

 are cliieily raorella and Kentish cherries, and the large black 

 gear.. They are generally of great size, and many of thera 

 shattered with age, having seen several centuries; yet they 

 often produce most plentiful crops. At Milltown, of Ketwall, 

 there are some remarkably large lammas and achaa pear- 

 tree-, about a century old. Tiiey ?.re very productive. An 

 ai'ple tree here in tlie orchard of Easter Lovat, on the river 



Beanly, covers a space of forty-seven feet in diameter. A 

 Beauly pear-tree is Spoken of, wiiieh used to pi-oduce sixteen 

 sacks of fruit in a season. 



C';j«j;Bra;i«»i, — atBral-iani ; LordSeaforth. The garden and 

 demesne greatly improved under the direction of Gibbs, now 

 anurservman atlnvemess. The t'anadian rice iZizmiia anunticn) 



.iralLsed on the lakes 



poi; 



and 



tiuiving plantations abound over the vhole estate. 



Kilraivck, — near Croy ; - — . Gardens laid out 



vrith taste ; fmitftd orchards and extensive woods, enibracin" 

 an elegant mcdem house, sitUKted on a roek hanging over and 

 washed by the Xavin. 



Cti;!/cai', —near Croy ; Davi,l-,in. E>q. A commodious 



house, and the grounds planted and cre-'tiv iinp'.oved. 



G/cngairy Hoiisc, — at G lengairy ; ."U'Donald, Esq. The 



house on the shore of Loch Urich, suiTcmided by wood, and 

 approached from the lake by a line old aveniie. 



Caslle Grant, — a.t Gi-ant;'Sh- J. Gr.ant. Ti-.e liouse consists 

 of three sides of a quadrangle, i:npvoved by H. Adam, beauti- 

 fiilly situated on the north side of the S- ey. It con'.niaiul-. an 

 extensive and noble landscajie* inchidi' ^ ilie rark in wi-.icli 

 it stands of 4000 acres, and the natural forest ut AbcviiCibv of 

 40,000 acres, at the base of the lofty mou' tains of Gairn- 

 gorum. Eastward lies the wide-bending cultivated vaie of 

 Cromdale watered by the -Spey. 



7649. ARGYLESHIRE. An extensive surface of 3S0O square miles, consisting of hiils and mountains, 

 v,-ith several islands coniidered as belonging to it. It abounds in lakes and inlets of the sea, and con- 

 tains some natural woods ; but the climate is moist, and excepting in the department of arboriculture, 

 does not excel m garaennur. Inere are some small manvct-garuens at Camblcton ; and a branch nursery 

 Irom that ot Gibbs at Inverness, at Inverarv. 



Ini erar:i ( n^iU. — neav Invcravv ; Duse ot A r^vie. A square castellated 

 mansion, with a tower at cam corner, a:ici a hi^h glazed pa^ahon, 

 shoo'.mg uu above the towers rrom the centre of the root. It is buiit 

 ot a ^ev stone (/..'iiii alaris. or jvit-stone) v. hich becomes black v. ith a 

 shower ot ram, and is immedjatelv restored bv a gleam of sun.shme, 

 which IS a fertile source ot smsular elTect!, m tins moist weejuns cli- 

 mate. It stands on a lawn, which exteiuls to Loch 1- vne, an mlet ot the 

 .sea nfteen mues ni cn cumference, suitoui: 

 ations on tVie sides, and reachins; tov. ards 

 niou:n i-;i? am'. ror:<v steeps, sjinnkkxl 



t)ne <• :ii -. ii'.r.'.ins is Dunicoick, coveretl with wood, excepting 

 whe; -- proioct ihrouich the trees, and add great 1- to IIS 



p-aiuic . >' ■ stands a lonelv waich-tower, which, like cvew 

 tmn^- u-.ji. , .cten^tic, has a t;ood edcct. Had this Inii been 



crowned ^. ;t;l ar. eniamental building, the ertect wotdd have been 

 absurd. A v. as prepared for subsiiiutms ramparts and L^astions, 



whicn wouid have been equally fttal to its present simplicitv and 

 ^i'.ndeuv. 



1 lie bold, an.d ri some places savage, features of this vart ot the 

 roun:rv, rcouire oiilv a uiclicions aiM-osinon oi wood to renuer them 

 n-.ove ho-'.-.itable to the eve, and to improve tjie pasture and tlie climate. 

 I he larch-nee has a[read> etiected woiuiers m -Vvt:\ leslure : and what 

 Its eutcis mav be over tne whole ot tlie Hitrh;ai'.ds bv the time halt a 

 ce-.'.tui-> more has e!a->sed, it is dimcuit to imagine. Savage will then 

 cnan_-ed to. or at ;east combinetl widi, svlvan grandeur. 



7i>.jO. BL i ii-SHIIlE comnrehcntls t!ie islands of Bute 

 and Arran, and some smaller isles ; hillv, but witn a mode- 

 rate chmate, and in cjeneral favorable to tne erowtli ot trees 

 and hedges, ihcre are two or three smt.il orrhards and 

 market-gardens near Rotlisav and Mount ML V,-.u-t. 



.s to Loch 1- vne, an mlet ot the MA 



mded bv naing groves ot plant- |Mv 



IS t;ie stunmits of the lughest ffiVii 



with i-isins trees. ( fi^-. 75G.) -T'^ 



Monut Slen-(ir;. — ^lavnnis ot Bute. An eleirani hin:s'.\ 00:11- 

 niaiiding a hue view ot the Iirth ot ( Ivde. surroiir.cled \<\ ex- 

 tensive i)lantations, formed bv the late marquis. aDouadinp- 

 With various sorts of game, and m wluch the turkey is iiatu- 



ia;ised. Thesrardcn 

 but, exceptms the :s 

 comparative neglect. 



.amcd a irood co! ertioTi of plants: 

 -garden, tiie^ are liow ir. a state of 



Sect. IV. Ireland. 

 76,51. Tlie surface of -which is estimated at 1 1,00T,7 12 Irish acres, is much 

 less varied than Scotland and Wales, but rather more so than Enirland, though o-reat 

 part of it consists of bog and Avastes, yet these are everywhere improvable by draining 

 and culture, or planting. The climate is more temperate than that of Britain, but also 

 more moist ; it is, on the whole, highly favornblc to the culture of leaves and root-^ • 



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