. Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new . ed >ce as his eyes oved in vain quest for -^ . ailiar landmark. Vll, all is changed; only the river runs in its accus-omed course. As for the forest, so earnestly havehe Aberdonians exercised the right conferred inheir charter of erecting dwelling-houses and otheruildings, that one can but guess now where were>i precincts. Streets and terraces climb the of old the stag couclu^] and the red foxnowJed, a state of things wljee«^»f the memoryiiiL^ers in the name of Mr. Barcl- Uy resi- ieiice, Ra
. Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new . ed >ce as his eyes oved in vain quest for -^ . ailiar landmark. Vll, all is changed; only the river runs in its accus-omed course. As for the forest, so earnestly havehe Aberdonians exercised the right conferred inheir charter of erecting dwelling-houses and otheruildings, that one can but guess now where were>i precincts. Streets and terraces climb the of old the stag couclu^] and the red foxnowJed, a state of things wljee«^»f the memoryiiiL^ers in the name of Mr. Barcl- Uy resi- ieiice, Raedeu House—the lair of , It was once the property of Provost More, who built himselfhere a country residence towards the end of theeighteenth century, and enclosed wit It high walls oflasting granite, faced with brick, an ample and garden are now sundeied, the latterbeing occupied by a market-gardener ; and Mr Barclayhas filched from his pasture land the flowerbedswhich Miss Wilson has depicted in their autumnltIow of chrysanthemums. It is a charmingly tran- 206 *^. n. »••*■^ %>? S- K \l Ii N lUM RAEDEN HOUSE quil retreat, for although the tide of villas hasflowed around it, and continues to flow, fineold trees confer a venerable appearance upon themansion, and completely screen it in sequestereddignity from the world of trams and pillar Ijoxesoutside. It would be difficult to contrive a climaticcontrast more rapid and complete than I experiencedin leaving London on a dripping, smoke-laden even-ing in June, and arriving next morning in brilliantsunshine at Aberdeen. The all-prevailing granite ofthe northern city (Aberdeen possesses the onlvgranite-built cathedral in the world) sparkled clearand clean-cut in the morning rays ; neither streetsnor houses bore any suggestion of the grime andmud engrained upon those of London, and the driveout to Raeden lay through suburbs wreathed inverdure and garden fronts gay with Clematis montana,laburnum, hawthorn re
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