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GENERAL FORMATION, &c, OF GARDENS. 



operations requisite in a well-managed 

 kitchen garden accord ill with that trim 

 aspect and polished surface which is a 

 leading feature in a well-kept flower 

 garden. 



The kitchen garden at Dalkeith — of 

 which Plate IV. is a general view of the 

 hothouses, and Plate V. a general ground • 

 plan of the whole — is both in the irregular 

 form and in the mixed style, as has been 

 already noticed. 



The following references to the numbers, 

 on both the Plates, will show the arrange- 

 ment of the buildings : — 1 1 1, vineries ; 2, 

 heath-house ; 3, tropical plant-house ; 4, 

 greenhouse ; 5 5 5, peach-houses ; 6, plant- 

 house, having a northern exposure; 7 7 7 7, 

 pine-stoves and vineries combined; 8, 

 greenhouse; 9, camellia-house, on the 

 ridge-and-furrow principle ; 1010, orchid- 

 houses, span -roofed ; 11, greenhouse, 

 pavilion-roofed; 12, fig-house; 13, green- 

 house, span-roofed; 1414, plant-stoves, 

 span-roofed; 15, cherry, plum, and apricot 

 house, (the last four not yet erected ;) 1 6, 

 pine pit; 17, cucumber pit; 18 18 18 18, 

 pine pits; 19, plant pit; 20, propagating 

 pit; 21 21, cold pits, one for alpine 

 plants, and the other for greenhouse 

 plants; *22, cold pit; 23, heated pit for 

 asparagus and plants during winter — for 

 cucumbers, young pines, <fcc, during 

 summer; 24 24 24, close heated sheds 

 behind the pine-stoves, in which rhubarb, 

 sea-kale, &c, are forced during winter; 

 25 25 25 25, water-closets, under which 

 are tanks for liquid manure; 26, room 

 for cleaning and arranging vegetables ; 

 27, fruit-room ; 28 28, foreman's sitting 

 and sleeping rooms; 29, seed-room; 30, 

 potting-room; 31, carpenters', glaziers', 

 and painters' shop; 32 32 32 32, men's 

 rooms, consisting of sitting-room and 

 three bed-rooms, with kitchen under- 

 neath; 33, store-room; 34, cow-house; 

 35, open sheds ; 36, wash-house ; 37, 

 dairy; 38, gardener's house; 39, summer- 

 house; 40, stables; 41, lodge. 



The cisterns on the surface are marked 

 x, the liquid manure tanks x x, and 

 stoke-holes x x x. 



The following letters refer to the dis- 

 posal of the ground : — a a a vine borders; 

 b b b flower borders in front of plant- 

 houses, as there are no roots there to be 

 injured; c borders of peach-houses; d d 

 herb ground; e e e e quarters in the prin- 



cipal or square garden ; /// quarters for 

 vegetables upon a higher level ; g manure 

 yard ; h h h yards; i propagating ground ; 

 k yard for coals, ashes, composts, &c. ; I 

 nursery ground ; m m, &c, quarters in 

 lower garden of very unequal surface ; n 

 river North Esk ; o Lugton bridge ; p 

 Bridge-End village ; q new road to Edin- 

 burgh ; r old do. ; s back or service road 

 to the garden ; 1 1 1 1 a small garden in a 

 dry, warm, sheltered situation for tender 

 plants; u grass lawn; v v botanical ar- 

 rangement of hardy plants ; w w covered 

 wire-trellised walk for creepers; x grass 

 lawn, on which are planted single speci- 

 mens of choice and curious shrubs, with 

 a marginal scroll-flower border along the 

 top. 



The following capital letters refer to 

 the entrances : A A A A, are the princi- 

 pal; B the entrance for labourers, being 

 the nearest to the town ; and C C C the 

 entrances from gardener's house ; D is a 

 cast-iron circular flower stage for placing 

 plants on during summer; E old dial; 

 F F summer-houses or bowers; G G 

 grass terrace bank. 



All the brick walls are built hollow, 

 and those surrounding the square or prin- 

 cipal garden are heated by hot water cir- 

 culating in 4-inch pipes ; they are 12 feet 

 high and 20 inches broad, coped with 

 stone, with only half an inch of projec- 

 tion, for reasons which will be given here- 

 after, (vide Coping,) and placed on a 

 rubble- stone foundation 2 feet thick, vary- 

 ing in depth according to the soundness 

 of the ground. The other walls vary, 

 according to the lay of the ground, from 

 8 to 10 feet in height, part having 2-inch 

 projecting coping, the remainder none at 

 all. The gateways in the middle of the 

 south and east walls, as well as those at 

 the ends of the plant-stove, are sufficiently 

 wide to admit of a carriage being driven 

 through ; the others are of the usual size, 

 7 feet by 3|. All the gateways in the 

 exterior walls are also as large as the 

 first mentioned, the only ordinary sized 

 ones being those leading through to the 

 compost yard k, behind, and two others. 



The front range of hothouses, as well 

 as the pine-stoves 7 7 7 7, are in the 

 lean-to fashion, with glass to within 6 

 inches of the ground, and rest on a po- 

 lished stone base or plinth. The tropical 

 plant-stove, however, has 2 feet of stone 



