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Views and Reviews. 
Minto House. 
Within ia few miles of Hawick, .and a, little 
to the north-east of that Roxburgh town, is 
the beautiful .seat of the Earl of Minto, em¬ 
bowered 'amongst its own, ancestral trees, so 
that til© visitor is quit© unprepared for what 
he may see until lie arrive® within, -the poli¬ 
cies. Ones within the woods, very little can 
be seen at one view, owing do the greatly 
unduKated charajelten of the ground, now 
sinking into a. deep, ravine, whose sides are 
amply clothed with trees, and yonder rising 
to a. round-topped hill 550 ft; ahovei the level 
of the sea. and known as the Room. Not¬ 
withstanding' this .great elevation, no part of 
it can, he seen from the immediate neighbour¬ 
hood of the garden, or the mansion, owing 
to- the size' and luxuriance of thei trees which 
everywhere surround or cover 'the ground. 
The kitchen, garden is at .some distance from 
the house, so. that, we shall take the reader 
through that, and then trace our way 
through, the deep ravine to the house, itself. 
On entering the kitchen, garden we were 
delighted to see a. fine collection of Sweet 
Peas, grown, 'separately and including a, great 
number of the very best varieties. Notwith¬ 
standing the late period of the year at which 
wei made our visit, these Sweet Peas were 
still in .a very Auriferous 'condition, 6 ft. to 
8 ft. high, and as perfect as they might have 
been in; July, owing to 'the sheltered char¬ 
acter of the situation and southern exposure. 
In this same border was a. batch of that 
very distinct Lily, Lilium tigrinum, Fortunei, 
not yet in bloom, but just on the point of 
expansion, and readily distinguished by the 
v;ery woolly character 'of itlhe stems' and 
flower buds. It isi reputed to be an early 
vjarieity, but this} particular form having 
recently been sent home and planted may 
account for its being so far behind the others 
in the garden. The stems were 1 ft. high, 
and each bore a. pyramidal branching in¬ 
florescence'. A very fine strain of crimson 
tuberous Begonias is: grown here, the single 
flowers measuring 4 in. to 6-|- in. across, being 
still in, full beauty. 
At this point we entered an. old vinery-— 
so old in, fact that no one seems to' 'have a 
notion, as to' its age. It. must, therefore, 
have been well .attended to to keep it in 
order for such a period of time. The varie¬ 
ties of Grape grown in it are Black Ham¬ 
burgh, Alnwick Seedling, Foster’s Seedling, 
Gros Golman, and Muscat of Alexandria. 
Several of these carried bunches of large size, 
Alnwick Seedling being particularly notable 
for the fine bloom of the berries'. We were 
too late to seei the Peaches, a.s all the fruits 
had been gathered, but the trees were in ex¬ 
cellent condition. 
The Palm house was well filled with, sub¬ 
jects of various size that are generally em¬ 
ployed for decorative purposes, but there 
were very large specimens of Kentia and 
Livistioma ohmensis, which, would only be 
used on very special occasions outside the 
glasshouse. Here, also', wa found a collec¬ 
tion of Cypripediums and Gattleyas. C. 
-Mossiae was showing spathes of remarkable 
length, apparently making preparations for 
early flowering. C. Loddigesii Harrisoniae 
in. a variety of colours wa® in full bloom. 
A form of Oneidium Forbesi was also, in 
bloom. The Fern house was largely occu¬ 
pied with Adia.ntums and other useful Ferns, 
while the roof was employed for hanging 
baskets, in which a variety of subjects: were 
grown,. A range of pits served to honse the 
Cinerarias and Primulas, being brought 
along for flowering by and by. 
The walls of the garden were 12 ft. high 
and utilised for the cultivation of Apricots, 
Peaches, Pears, and Plums. Thei variety of 
the latter that is most in favour is Victoria,, 
which bears a. remarkably heavy crop both 
on the walls and in the form of bush, trees. 
Moor Park Apricot carried a splendid crop, 
now being gathered. Some of the earlier 
varieties had been harvested. Late. Peaches, 
however, were not yet ripe though highly 
coloured. 
The borders of the kitchen garden were 
occupied with various fruit trees, chiefly 
Apples, and somei of them bore splendid 
crops of fruit, although the older ones in, the 
centre walk are very old and now gett ing 
crowded. A very old Apple, known here as 
the Damson Pippin, has fruits of moderate 
size, of a deep crimson on one side like a 
Devonshire Quarrenden, but different in 
shape. The Pitmaston Duchess' Pear on the 
wall carried a splendid crop of large size, 
though other varieties are variable in this 
respect. In passing 'through the squares of 
the kitchen garden we came upon some 
trees that were unusually heavily cropped 
and bearing down the branches in somei in¬ 
stances!. A bush tree of Bramley’s Seedling 
was in, this condition, and bore equally well 
about, two years ago. Queen Caroline was 
also borne down with the weight of fruit. 
