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I'hot  by 
T  y  n  i  n  g  h  a  m  e 
House  stands  be¬ 
tween  2  furlongs 
and  3  furlongs 
inward  from  the 
north  bank  of  the 
Tyne,  and  pos¬ 
sesses  the  appear¬ 
ance  of  a  vei’y 
large  mansion  in 
Scotch  Baronial 
style.  It  has  been 
added  to  from 
time  to  time,  and 
was  entirely  re¬ 
modelled  in  1829 
by  t  he  ninth 
Earl.  Between 
the  mansion  and 
the  river  are  two 
fine  arches  of 
Norman  archi¬ 
tecture,  the  only 
remains  of  the 
ancient  church  of 
St.  Baldred,  and 
now  the  family 
burial  -  place  of 
the  Earls.  The 
name  Tyning- 
hame  is  the  ham, 
the  ing,  and  the 
Tyne,  of  the 
Anglo-Saxon,  col¬ 
lected  ill  reviu'se 
order,  and  mean¬ 
ing  the  hamlet  of 
the  UK adow  on 
the  Tyue,  and  it 
graphically  de¬ 
scribes  the  posi¬ 
tion  of  the  village,  which  oi’iginally  stood  near  bj^  the  manor  of 
Tyninghame.  This  hamlet  lay  between  the  present  gai’den,  the 
church,  and  the  river.  The  house,  illustrated  on  page  227,  is 
faced  on  its  west  front  by  an  old-fashioned  flower  garden,  first 
formed  about  1829,  but  slightly  changed  since  then,  on  the  south 
side  of  which  stands  a  line  of  veiy  old  Portugal  Laurels  groAving  in 
huge  tubs,  and  thus  removable.  A  moss  and  lichen  covered 
ornamental  terrace  wall  supports  the  western  and  higher  flower 
garden  from  another  plateau  .studded  vuth  beds  and  borders  on 
the  south  side,  and  leaves  the  vierv  clear  to  range  outward  and 
across  a  broad,  undulating  park  embellished  Avith  trees,  to  the 
position  Avhere  floAvs  the  river.  Around  on  every  side,  though  at 
a  di.stauce  and  stretching  north-AvestAvard  far  out  toAvard  the  Avest 
Avithin  a  fcAV  miles  of  the  AA'aters  of  the  Firth  of  Forth,  is 
Binningwood,  composed  very'  largely  of  beautiful  and  Aufluable 
Beech  trees.  This  forest- of  trees  covers  Avhat  AA-as  once  Tyning¬ 
hame  Moor  or  Muir.  The  trees  are  arranged  in  radii  diverging 
from  three  centres,  and  affording  exten.sive  and  beautiful  Avalks 
and  rides  such  as  are  not  etjualled  anyAvhere  in  the  LoAvlands. 
The  Holly  hedges,  though  noAv  largely  decayed,  AA-ere  once  the 
pride  of  Tyninghame;  they  extended  to  about  9,000ft  in  length, 
AA'ere  10ft  or  lift  broad  at  the  ba.se,  and  had  a  height  of  15ft  to 
upAA-ards  of  20ft.  They  are  arranged  in  double  rows,  fringing  very 
spacious  AAalks  and  aA'enues.  Like  A'ery  many  other  gardens  during 
the  later  decades  of  the  eighteenth  century,  Tyninghame  garden 
and  ornamental  plea.sure  grounds,  Avith  Avhat  formal  stateliness 
they  pos.ses.scd,  Avere  remodelled  (under  the  influence  of  the  pre¬ 
vailing  fashion)  on  the  informal  or  landscape  gardening  style  ■■'O 
ardently  practised  by  Kent.  Brov.n,  Kept  on,  Wheatley,  and 
Price,  the  reuoAvned  members  of  that  school  of  reform.  The 
pre.sent  vegetable  and  fruit  garden,  Avhich  ijicludes  the  floAver 
borders  figured  on  these  page's,  Avas  formed  in  1760.  These  veg 
table  and  fruit  cpiarters  lie  AvestAvard  from  the  hou.se,  and  are 
separated  by  “The  Wilderness”  (another  feature  of  gardens  that 
OAves  its  introduction  to  such  artists  as  those  I  have  just  uaun'd), 
and  by  a  suitable  belt  of  trees  and  ornamental  shrubs.  Turning 
to  the  vioAV  of  the  house,  the  handsome  terrace  AA'ith  Ioav  .sand- 
Qlsdioli  and  Qaltonias  in  border. 
J.  dy  Hintt'njQ 
.stone  balustrade  and  the  pretty  geometric  floAver  garden  AA'ith 
beds  laid  out  in  smoothly  kept  grass,  is  to  be  seen.  AAA-ay  to  the 
right-hand  side  the  moAvn  laAvns  merge  off  into  the  Avide  rolling 
park  and  to  the  Tyne — 
That,  stirrefl  with  languid  pulses  of  the  oar, 
AA'aA'es  all  its  lazy  Lilies,  and  creeps  on, 
Barge  laden,  to  three  arches  of  abridge.  .  .  . 
The  fieUls  between  are  dewy  fresh,  browsed  by  deep  udder’d  kiue,. 
And  all  about,  the  large  Lime  feathers  low. 
The  Lime,  a  summer  home  of  murmnious  wings. 
The.se  mellifluous  lines  are  part  of  Tennyson’s  ideal  picture, 
meet  to  be  the  home  of  his  poetic  loA-e  Rose,  the  Gardener’s 
Daughter,  and  they  aptly  illustrate  the  immediate  euA'irons  ot 
Tyninghame  House.  The  presence  of  Ivyy-covered  tree  stumps, 
out  from  among  A'  hich  the  floAvers  in  their  seasons  peep,  and  of 
beds  of  Pampas  Grass,  Avith  its  beautiful  plumes  in  •suitable  parts 
of  the  extremities  of  .^ome  of  these  laAvns,  furnishes  features  that 
greatly  enhance  the  gardenesque  character  of  the  area.  Coming 
AvestAvard  across  the  formal  floAver  garden,  the  beds  are  laid  out 
in  g  a'S  and  filled  Avitli  Begonias,  Celcsias  crested  and  plumose,  and 
AA'ith  floriferous  Fuchsias,  Celsia  cretica,  Cordylines,  Lobelias, 
Pelargoniums,  and  a  A'arietv  of  plants  beautiful  in  form  and 
attractive  in  floAver.  All  are  neatly  trimmed,  for  are  they  not 
ju.st  under  the  eyes  of  the  noble  tenants  of  the  handsome  re-si- 
d.  nce?  A  narroAV  bord('r  extending  80yds  in  length  is  devoted 
to  a  remarkable  line  of  standard  Fuchsias  (A'arietv  Royal 
Standard),  and  \Ahich  feature,  Mr.  Brotherston  informed  me,  is 
specially  pleasing  to  Lord  Haddington.  The  Earl  also  faA'ours 
old-fashioned  Marigolds,  Malniaisou  and  border  Carnations, 
Roses,  Hollyhocks.  Saa'ciT  Peas,  Lily  of  the  Valley,  and  Violets. 
Fp  on  the  terrace  Atalk,  as  the  illustration  again  AA'ill  sIioaa',  are 
the  Portugal  Laurels  already  noticed.  The  Stveet  Bay  is  the  ui'jre 
u.sual  subject  for  tub  culture  and  in  such  a  place  ;  but  the  Laurels 
are  quite  in  keeping  Avith  the  dignity  of  their  surroundings.  By 
the  path  that  meanders  to  the  garden  i)roper  the  pedestrian  passes 
through  “  The  Wilderness,”  of  AA  liich  I  preA'iously  had  a  Avord  to 
.say.  I  observe  that  Loudon  defines  the  term  AA'ilderness  a.- 
applied  in  such  instances  as  this,  to  mean  any  portion  of  th» 
