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tinued in the possession of the Bruce family until 1825, when it was sold by Sir Robert Bruce Henderson 
to Lieut.-Col. Samuel Long, a grandson of the seventh Earl of Lauderdale. He, however, never resided 
in it, and the property passed to his daughter. In 1891 it was rapidly going to absolute decay, when it 
was purchased by the present owner, Mr. R. W. Mackenzie. 
Fortunately, much of interest still remained, and the fact of its having been so long abandoned saved it 
from the fate of many other fine old Scottish houses that suffered from injudicious restoration. Assisted 
by Mr. R. W. Lorimer, the owner took up the work of restoring the old house, in the true sense of the word, 
preserving as much as possible of the original and so handing down to us a fair specimen of sixteenth 
century Scottish architecture, with its main features practically intact and as originally planned. 
Of the old garden only the wall remained, enclosing an oblong plot about three acres in extent, with, 
unfortunately, not a tree or shrub remaining. The fruit trees of the little orchard had first been removed, 
as in the untenanted condition of the place they had proved too great an attraction to the youth of the 
neighbourhood. Later the hedges and alleys were ruthlessly uprooted in order that the land might be 
more readily cultivated with the plough. But partly by the help of an old plan the gardens were restored 
to their original condition, and to-day have all the old-world appearance of a seventeenth century Scottish 
garden, forming a delightfully quaint setting to the old house. 
A short drive leads from the gatehouse to a grass ride along the western boundary wall of the house. 
The gardens are divided into several small enclosures by hedges. To the north is a fruit and vegetable 
garden with grass walks in the centre ; opposite the house is a lawn with clipped yew trees dotted about 
in groups of five, while in the centre of the boundary-wall is the garden gate shown on Plate 121, with 
the appropriate inscription, “ Here shall ye see no enemy but winter and rough weather.” 
Adjoining the lawn on the south side, is an alley with a grass walk and little paved paths. On 
either side are ten alcoves divided by hedges, and in the centre are four topiary arches. A bowling-green 
occupies the south-east corner of the garden, and on the opposite side is the orchard, intersected by 
grass paths and with a little mound in the centre, and a pedestal from which a cupid is making ready to 
let fly his arrow. 
DRUMMOND CASTLE, PERTHSHIRE. 
PLATES 88 and 89. 
RUMMOND CASTLE is built upon a rocky eminence, about three miles from 
Crieff, in an extensive and beautiful park commanding a fine view over Strathearn. 
The property was purchased by Sir John Drummond in 1487, and the original 
castle was built on the highest point of the rock a few years later. On the removal of 
the family from Stobhall, his descendants, as Earls of Perth, possessed it for some two 
hundred and fifty years, after which it passed to the Earl of Ancaster, the present 
owner. The wing adjoining the old ' keep was erected in the early part of the 
seventeenth century, and some few years later the castle is said to have suffered greatly at the hands of 
Cromwell. In 1715 it was greatly strengthened, and garrisoned by royal troops, and in 1745 the 
Dowager Duchess of Perth caused the walls to be levelled to the ground. Buildings more adapted to 
modern requirements have since been erected to the east of the old castle. 
A drive of m'ore than a mile in length leads through the park to the Castle, the approach being on 
