196 Account of some remarkable Holly Hedges, $c. 



The hedges bounding the grass walk, that to the east of 

 the garden, and those on the sides of the North Berwick 

 road, were planted in 1712, by Thomas, sixth Earl of 

 Haddington. The detached hedge in the grounds is per- 

 haps of the same age, but its date is not certainly known. 

 The hedge east of the Melon ground, which is in the form of 

 a crescent, and is nearest to the house, is evidently of a later 

 date than the rest. All the other mentioned hedges are in 

 strait lines. There are several more hedges of Holly in dif- 

 ferent parts of the Tynningham estate, of considerable extent 

 and size, probably planted at the same period with the first 

 of the above. 



The Nobleman to whom these hedges owe their origin 

 was particularly fond of planting. He wrote a Treatise* on 

 the subject, and has left to his successors a noble monument 

 of his attachment to it in Binning Wood, which is about 

 a mile and a half from Tynningham, and contains three hun- 

 dred English -f acres entirely planted by him. 

 . The Holly hedges above described, (with the exception 



* This work, which is scarce, is dated Tynningham, 22 December, 1733. It 

 was printed in 12mo. at Edinburgh, in 176" 1, and is intitled, " A Treatise on the 

 Manner of Raising Forest Trees, &c. In a Letter from the Right Honourable The 

 Earl of (Haddington,) to his Grandson. 11 Besides notices of the improvements 

 made by the Author on his estate in East Lothian, the book contains very ex- 

 cellent practical instructions on raising and planting different forest trees, many 

 of which are worthy of attention in the present day. He mentions, that when 

 he came to reside on his property at Tynningham, in 1 700, there was not above 

 14 acres planted with trees. The planting Binning Wood, on the ground then 

 called the Muir of Tynningham, was done in 1707, at the instance of his Lady. 



f In the Treatise of Lord Haddington, above referred to, it is stated that 

 Binning Wood contained 300 Scotch acres, equal to about 374 English acres. 

 *Lord Haddington must consequently have included in his account another wood 

 which adjoins to Binning Wood, and which was planted about the same time. 



