HISTORY OF GARDENING.
I, Range o f hotbousea.
, Vinery a n d pcacb wall.
9 Win g or screen walls, ex tending down th e nortlr bank,
a n d affording good east a n d west aspects for fru it trees,
p . Gardener’s house.
o. Lodge for jou rn eym en gardeners. ^ , „v j
r . Paddock b e twix t th e prin cip al approach an d th e gardens,
separated from th e form er by a su n k fence,
i s s, P a r t o f th e deer park.
I I, Reserrolrs for supplying w ater to the swans’ pond, an d to
th e house.
u, Abercorn (th o p a rish ) church.
v v v . F r ith of F o rth , ab o u t fo u r m iles broad.
a , Hopetonn House, fro n tin g th e east, an d ex tending nearly
600 feet (*ce At?. 200.). b 6, Lawns on th e fro n t a n d ba ck o f th e house.
d d °p trt^ 'o f^ th o 'p le a su re -g ro u n d , extending to th e n o rth west
of th e house, from which a re seen th e Hiiest views
o f th e Fo rth , p a rticu la rly on the n o rth side, a t th e bastion
u>. 110 feet above th e level of the water,
laddocks.
Lees, covered by a h an k of evergreens.
1, Flower-garden,
n. Arboretum.
I, Melon-ground.
ir. C ourt ibr dung, a n d soils.
American The Jtowgerro.guanrdd, en is stocked with an extensWcolTerMon on the other by an
s ta ^ the open air of this climate. Supplementar?to toese / gr/.ft
fu other showy greenhouse plants, are propagated evervaift!m! q^ntity of pelargoniums, fuchsias,
the following summer ; these, with dahlias, aid the E r ann.mU ! Pj»nted out m the beginning of
autumn; rival mg the splendour, and, perhaps, surpassing decoration during
1 he forcing-houses extend to about 200 feet Grane« ar,H VAf. .i ’ the first flowers of May.
IS a stove for exotics; and a forcing-house for rSe?fnd principal forced fruits. 3here
IS considerable. The melon-ground is very extensive rnmn/f/i P',- he collection of plants
tbe side of a MU leading d o L to Leith v l a t l , aa-e Z e . « ) r i u l Y ? “
615. Cemeteries. A general cemeteiy has been proposed for the city of Edinburi>-Ii
and the popular opinion seems to be in favom- of a noition nf tl,» 71-;,, ° ? , ? ’
hill eaUed ^-fliui-s Seat. Were the latter laid o l t u l C w i n l i t Y S S i ^ ' h o ’ tta
summit, and judiciously planted, it would in a few years surpass any tliM?- nf Tl, t ?
which we i-ead of in Mstoiy, not excepting eyen the L o t o p X o f cTr „
shall hereafter give a description and view. Our ideas on the i f
cemeteiy wUl be found more at length in the
S raS EC T . 3 . Gardening in Ireland, as an A r t o f Design and Taste
i T s a x s t “ ’ * - ■“ - s " —
617. I n the Ume o f Queen Elizabeth, Fynnes Momson, “ a minute ohs»,-r.»-” t-» i, a
t t ^ ^
nf “/ ancient gardens in Ireland we may quote a few examples «nm»
r f the largest scu pttu-ed eyergreens are at Bangor, inYhe c o™ t7 o f d” ™ •'
Thomas-toivn, m the county of Tipperaiy, are the remains of a hangino- garden’ f ? ¥ d
on the side of a hill, m one corner of wliich is a yerdaiit amphitheatre mce the ’s ? i ? nf
occasional dramatic c .^b itio n s. Blcssington Gardens, if tradition may be rehed o f
who had successively nurseries at Dublin were in these d^vs thi. vm-; • i
left a poetical description of tbese scenes. Dr. Delany, Walker s L , “ impressed a yfs?
tthhee DD.u ttcebh into a™ o ui-ye, melted the teixace into ■ a “sl'■o‘p“in»g‘I bank «aMnd™ o‘pee nSedg thtat sleinntee ,o»f
^•ta tttnae Estmfnoessf Tof hthef old garden. As there existed an intimacy between Pone iml
Delany, it is supposed- the former may have assisted his Irish friend. This cLmnle
^ p e a r s to have had the same sort of influence in Ireland that the gardeniiio- of L o rf
Kanios had ,ii Scotland , it gave rise to a demand for artists of the irew staool I d ffie
maiket was supplied by such as came in the way. Much less, however, w-as don’e in that
fro » .1, f abundance of picturesque sceneiy in many districts, and partly
from other obvious causes. Mount Shannon, near Limerick, the seat of the late
Chancellor Clare, is said to have been laid out fi-om his lordship’s designs ■ and the recent
improvements at Chaj-leville Forest, where one of tho most comfortable !n d mng utfi»»nt