PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE. 



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a gently-sloping lawn planted with rare 

 or curious shrubs, as single specimens, 

 and proceeds through it to a massive 

 gateway similar to fig. 13, only without 

 the stone margin, the wall projecting 

 4 inches in front, and 2 feet on each side, 

 and being neatly tuck pointed ; this gate- 

 way is in the centre of the east wall of the 

 principal walled garden, having] a bird's- 

 eye view of the hothouses on the right. 



The exits are by two plain gateways, 

 with door for foot passengers, fig. 14, at 

 Fig. 14. 



the north-west and north-east sides. All 

 the entrances are sufficiently large to 

 admit a carriage to drive through, the 

 narrowest of the principal walks being 7 

 feet broad, while some are much broader. 



As there is no attempt at architectural 

 display in these gardens, for very sub- 

 stantial reasons, none has been intro- 

 duced into the walls or gateways, — it 

 being considered in better taste to have 

 them substantial and plain. 



Hitherto the north-east exit gateway 

 has been more used than any of the 

 others as an entrance ; as in driving in 

 at this point, part of the town of Dalkeith 

 and the surrounding scenery are seen 

 to much greater advantage than from 



Fig. 



any other point in the neighbourhood. 

 The view is, indeed, considered a very 

 fine one, having the sloping lawn before 

 alluded to in the foreground, a very 

 handsome new church, and rich old plan- 

 tations in the middle, and in the distance 

 the Moorfoot hills, Roman camp, &c. 

 Nor is this entrance to be objected to, 

 merely because it enters at one end and 

 behind one range of hothouses. It has 

 another long range, two ranges of pine 

 stoves, and three long ranges of pits, on 

 the right ; and on the left, a respect- 

 able front elevation of offices, in course 

 picked ashlar, with oak-grained doors 

 and windows ; with a bird's-eye view 

 of the principal part of the garden seen 

 through a handsome iron palisading. 



Fig. 15 is a specimen of a garden 

 gate designed by us for a contemplated 

 garden, where all the details are to be 

 Fig. 15. 



highly enriched with ornaments. This 

 gate, we may observe, forms the connec- 

 tion between the flower garden and 

 kitchen garden. 



Fig. 16 exhibits a design for open 



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