Supplement  to 
230  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER.  Mard.  13,  1902. 
Photo  hy 
Phloxes,  Pentstemons,  and  liol[> hocks  at  end  of  the  Rose=walk. 
Lady  Binninii 
garden  wliere  the  di.spo.sitiou  of  tlie  walks  are  convoluted, 
1  licated,  or  otherwise  rendered  intricate  and  separated  by  hedges  ^ 
or  shrubbeiy.  At  Tyninghame  ‘'The  Wilderness”  would  not 
(piite  conform  to  such  description,  for  it  is  altogether  a  "  free-and- 
easy  ”  portion  of  the  ornamental  grounds,  where 
The  pale  Ihiinroses  die  unmarried, 
Kre  they  c.in  behold  bright  Phciehus  in  his  strength  ; 
while  beneath  the  trees  here,  and  carpeting  all  the  surface  of 
the  ground,  are  tens  of  thousands  of  coloured  Primroses  and  other 
spring  flowers  that  also  die  ere  Phoebus  warms  the  earth. 
Daffodils,  (’rocuses.  Snowdrops,  and  Squills  mingle  their  flowers  of 
vmried  chastity  in  delightful  charm.  Later  iai  the  procession  of 
the  montiis  “  the  bees  explore  the  Fc^  glove’s  speckled  bell,”  and 
the  fragrance  of  the  fresh  blown  Musk  Pose — “the  sweetest 
flower  wild  Nature  yields” — wafted  on  the  warmer  airs  in  the 
gloaming  of  a  summer’s  evening,  must  make  “ 'I’he  Wilderness” 
(or  labyrinth)  a  Don  Juan’s  paradise.  Near  by  lies  the  bowling 
green,  1  acre  in  extent.  Though  no  photographic  illustration  is 
here  furnished,  the  scene  around  this  bowling  green  lends  itself 
to  splendid  pictorial  effect,  for  crowding  closely  in  on  all  sides 
are  some  of  those  big  and  handsome  trees  which  I  mentioned 
earlier,  with  masses  of  foliage  on  Avhich  the  light  and  shade 
effects  pla.y  transiently.  I’he  bowling  green  can  be  traced  back 
for  tAvo  hundred  years,  Avhich  is  interesting_  as  throAving  a  side¬ 
light  on  the  recreations  of  gentlemen  in  these  .still  uncertain 
times,  AA'hen  “Pretenders”  for  a  CroAvn  had  yet  to  send  the  burning 
torch  throughout  highland  and  loAvland,  and  battle  hordes  tvith 
fell  intent  had  still  their  violent  deeds  to  do.  But,  again,  Ave  can 
-sa.v,  “Old  things  have  passed  aAAaA\  all  things  are  netv.”  We 
knoAV  not  noAv  the  vengeful  civil  strife. 
Without  the  stout  enclosing  AAalks  of  the  kitchen  and  fruit 
garden  are  the  shrubberies,  Avhich  in  their  season  yield  that 
AA’liich  satisfies  the  e,ve  and  the  mind  reflective— the  sprouting 
bud,  the  flower,  the  fruit,  the  aAitumn  “fall.”  In  a  carefully 
sheltered  Avestern  border  there  is  quite  a  large  assortment  of  the 
choicer  shnibs  such  as  one  usually  associates  Avith  the  gardens  in 
southerly  latitudes.  Instigated  by  Lord  Binning — the  Earl’s 
eldest  son,  who 
is  reputably  a 
keen  arboricul- 
tur  ist  —  the 
chief  of  the 
gardeners  at 
Tyninghame 
(our  m  u  c  h- 
esteemed  friend 
Mr.  R.  P.  Bro- 
therston)  has 
been  led  to  ex¬ 
periment  with, 
and  to  prove 
the  capabilities 
and  character¬ 
istics  of  many 
of  the  finer 
shrubby  Spi- 
rseas,  Cornus 
Spathi  aurea, 
Gleditschiahor- 
rida,  Paulow- 
nia  imperialis, 
Piptanthus  ne- 
palensis,  Vitis 
Coignetise, 
Elaeagnus  m£b- 
c  r  o  p hyllus, 
Parotia  persica, 
Philadelphus  in 
var.,  Diervil- 
las,  Cleroden- 
dron  trichoto- 
mum,  Nandina 
domestica, 
Csesalpinia  ja- 
ponica,  and 
other  shrubs 
and  plants  of  a 
like  nature, 
means  common  in 
the  species  or  varieties  of  Avhich  are  by  no 
Scottish,  or  eAmn  English,  gai’dens. 
Nandina  domestica,  for  instance,  is  groAAm  under  glass  at  Kew. 
The  introduction  of  the  Bamboo  element  in  connection  with  a 
little  bog  garden  is  highly  commendable.  At  the  Royal  Botanic 
Garden,  Edinburgh,  a  considerable  collection  is  groAvn.  And  this 
long  Avostern  belt  .just  noticed  brings  us  to  the  arched  Apple  walk, 
tile  eastern  half  of  which  is  shoAvn  on  page  231.  This  umbrageous 
valk  is  144yds  long  and  quite  straight.  The  only  variety  of 
Apple  employed  is  that  prolific  bearer  Keswick  Codlin.  The 
arch  system  of  training  so  useful  a  fruiting  tree  as  the  Apple  is 
one  that  has  a  Avealth  of  good  pjoints  to  commend  it,  and  few, 
if  any,  to  detract  from  its  adopition.  This  Apple  arch  AA’as  one  of 
the  prettiest  and  most  pDleasurable  features  of  the  many  I  so 
briefly  enjoyed  at  this  East  Lothian  estate.  Half  Avay  along,  a 
gate  , A  ay,  dated  lOGG,  admits  entrance’ to  the  walled  garden  ah 
the  south  end  cf  the  main  mixed  borders.  Near  the  eastern  end 
of  the  Apipi'e  Avalk  is  Mr.  Brotherston’s  house  and  the  young 
gardeners’  both.v,  Avhile  in  the  same  direction  are  a  number  of 
.-mall  glass  hou.ses  and  piits.  In  the  kitchen  and  fruit  garden  there 
are  some  broad  and  Avell-filled  floAver  borders,  Avith  central  and 
cross  AA’alks  beautifully  laid  Avith  ela.stic  green  turf.  And  at  the 
intersection  of  the  cross  floAAer  borders  there  stands  a  little 
fountain  aa  Iiosb  Aiaters  in  summer  time  spring,  as  LoAvell  sings : 
Into  the  sunshine,  full  of  the  light, 
Leaphig  and  flashing  from  morn  till  night. 
Kver  in  motion,  blithesome  and  cheer.' , 
.Still  climbing  he  ivenward,  never  aw'eary. 
Full  of  a  nature  nothing  can  tame  ; 
Charged  every  mnnient,  ever  the  .same. 
Surel.v  the  beauty  of  Atater  in  any  form,  in  gardens,  is  not 
fully  realised?  The  loAver  figure  on  pjage  228  represents  the 
•scene  I  refer  to.  A  number  of  symmetrical  Irish  Yetvs  stand, 
sentinel-like,  in  a  AAide-aj:art  circle  about  the  fountain.  Could 
anything  be  more  in  keeping  Avith  the  true  character  of  a  garden 
than  broad  Avalks  of  velvety  turf,  adorned  with  the  subduing 
dignit.y  of  the  dark  and  silent  YeAvs,  against  Avhich  the  ripple  and 
spmrkle  of  the  beautiful  “  fountainett-e  ”  stands  up  like  an  ever-, 
living  entity  ?  Mind  you,  these  cross  grass  Avalks  and  the  fountain 
