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are  within  the  walls  of  the  kitchen  and  fruit  gai'den.  Of  the 
many  gardens  I  have  had  the  privilege  to  visit,  only  two  come  to 
mind  as  being  enhanced  by  such  walks  within  walled  area.  Is 
this  feature  one  of  the  survivals  from  the  period  of  formal  garden 
design  ?  How  comfortable  to  the  feet,  and  what  an  effect  of 
grand  luxuriance  a  grass  walk  gives  !  One  has  little  patience  with 
those  who  object  on  the  grounds  that  grass  walks  necessitate 
incessant  care  both  in  summer  and  winter,  and  that  during  rains 
or  in  the  resting  season  of  Nature  they  are  retentively  damp. 
Properly  made  in  the  first  instance,  they  are  perhaps  more  easy 
to  maintain  in  order  after  than  any  other  kind  of  walks,  and  to 
my  mind,  as  already  expressed,  they  are  prima  facie  in  appearance 
and  for  enjoyment.  IVIay  many  more  be  laid  this  Spring ! 
The  garden  lies  facing  the  sun,  forming  a  parallelogram.  Near 
by  the  south  wall  aspect  are  the  glass  ranges,  led  up  to  by  the 
central  walk  figured  on  page  228,  and  these  comprise  Muscat 
and  other  vineries,  peacheries,  and  a  handsome  dome-shaped 
central  conservatoi^^  or  greenhouse,  which  stands  well  up  on  a 
terrace  and  reached  by  a  flight  of  steps.  From  the  front  of  this 
greenhouse  one  enjoys  a  prospect  of  the  larger  part  of  the 
walled-in  garden.  The  Vines  are  all  veiy  old.  Of  these,  one 
deserves  special  notice,  that  being  the  original  plant  of  Tyning- 
hame  Muscat,  introduced  about  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth 
•century.  The  varieties  of  Peaches  almost  solely  relied  on  are 
Thames  Bank — a  favourite  with  the  Earl — and  Stirling  Castle,  a 
patronymic  representing  many  excellencies  for  the  member  of  this 
genus.  Between  the  vinery  and  Peach  house  the  aesthetic  again 
compels  attention  in  the  presence  of  profuse  growths  and  flowers 
of  that  very  serviceable  hardy  Fuchsia  named  Riccartoni ;  here 
also  are  leaden  figures  of  “  Orpheus”  and  “Tragedy,”  dated  1611. 
Between  these  houses  and  the  conservatory  are  a  series  of  Rose 
beds  planted  in  1900  with  the  best  free-flowering  Hybrid  Teas — - 
one  sort  to  each  bed.  A  specially  interesting  spot,  close  to  one 
of  the  glass  houses,  and  named  Lady  Binning’s  Garden,  repre¬ 
sents  a  “  Knotte  ”  (or  “  Knot  ”),  so  common  in  Hill’s  time,  from 
whose  “  Profitable  Arte  of  Gardening”  (1574)  the  plan  was  taken. 
It  is  only  a  small  plot,  and  is  compactly  filled  with  the  medicinal 
herbs  that  this 
sixteenth  c  e  n- 
tury  Londoner 
mentions  in  the 
book  just  named, 
“  wherein  are  set 
forth  divers 
Herbes,  Knottes, 
and  Mazes,  cun¬ 
ningly  handled 
for  the  beautify¬ 
ing  of  Gardens ; 
also  the  Physicke 
cf  eche  Herbe, 
&c.”  Thus  it 
would  seem  that 
the  superintend¬ 
ent  of  the  gar¬ 
dens  here,  and 
who  is  envied  by 
many  for  the 
knowledge  of  old 
garden  authors 
and  historic  lore 
he  carries  with 
him,  puts  his 
assimilated  ideas 
into  material 
form  and  prac¬ 
tice —  a  highly 
commendable 
rule,  and  one 
affording  excel¬ 
lent  mental  sti¬ 
mulus.  Further 
in  keeping  with 
the  delightful 
old-world  mein 
of  Tyninghame 
garden  are  its  I’hnio  hy 
hedges  of  robust 
Sweet  Briar,  its  arches  and  trellises  garlanded  with  Rambler 
and  climbing  Roses  and  Honeysuckle.  Of  the  garden  here  one 
can  truthfully  chant,  “It  is  Roses,  Roses,  Roses  all  the  way.” 
The  Crimson  Rambler  entwines  with  Aimee  Vibert,  most  profuse 
of  whites,  and  Longworth  Rambler  jostles  Reine  Marie  de 
Wurtemberg  on  tiie  one  side  and  Allister  Stella  Gray  on  the 
other.  The  Ayrshires,  the  Boursault,  the  Musk,  and  the  Cabbage 
Roses  flourish  rampantly. 
In  a’  their  crimson  glory  spread, 
Ami  drooping  rich  the  (iewy  head, 
They  scent  the  early  morning. 
Nor  must  one  omit  to  mention  the  grandeur  of  a  lengthened 
Rose  border  in  the  same  quarter  of  the  garden,  composed  of  old 
Roses — the  “Velvets,’-’  Ro.sa  sulpliurea.  Maiden’s  Blush,  Prince 
C’harlie,  old  Damasks,  and  others. 
It  is  interesting  to  observe  that  in  front  of  a  low  span-roofed 
pit  outside  the  garden  walls  the  Noisette  Rose,  William  Allen 
Richardson,  bears  abundance  of  its  beautiful  flowers  and  grows 
well.  At  a  nursery  near  Granton,  Edinburgh,  a  plant  of  the  same 
is  likewise  to  be  seen  out  of  doors,  and  on  a  cottage  front  m 
Perthshire  another  instance  could  be  cited.  Scratched  on  one  of 
the  panes  of  glass  in  a  Palm  house  there  is  this  entry :  “  Sow’d 
Cucumber  for  the  hothouse,  September  2,  1789.”  The  pane  was 
preserved  from  the  original  structure,  which  was  taken  down 
twenty  years  ago.  Small  houses  are  also  devoted  to  Ferns,  Car¬ 
nations,  Orchids,  Amaryllis  (or  Hippea-strums),  Tuberoses,  and 
to  the  production  of  Tomatoes  and  Melons.  Beds  of  Cloves  and 
Pinks,  lines  of  Sweet  Peas,  borders  with  clumps  of  Holly¬ 
hocks,  Galtonias,  Chrysanthemums,  Gladioli,  Phloxes,  Pent- 
stemons,  Tritonias  (Montbretias),  Day  Lilies,  Eryngiums, 
Aquilegias,  Salpiglossis,  named  Carnations  (of  which  there  are 
a  splendid  collection) ;  also  Salvias,  Michaelmas  Daisies,  and  a 
galaxy  of  such  other  handsome  floAvers  (not  forgetting  certain 
Yellow  Borders  running  east  and  yest  from  the  fountain,  and 
so  called  because  the  majority  of  the  floAvers  in  them  are  yelloAV, 
this  being  the  desire  of  the  Ladies  Baillie  Hamilton)  constitute  a 
garden  rich  in  its  resources.  The  entrance  to  the  YelloAV  Borders 
Apple-walk  :  eastern  half. 
L-  tin  Ifiiiiihia. 
