. Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new . te of this. Dunrobin, the Erie of Sutherland his speciall residence, ahouse well seated upon a mote hard by the sea, with fairorchards, when ther be pleasant gardens planted with all kindsof froots, hearbs and floors [flowers] used in this kingdom, andabundance of good saphorn [saffron], tobacco and rosemarie, thefroot being excellent, and cheeflie the pears and cherries. One is disposed to murmur at the taste of an agewhich swept away this old garden and its contents,to make way for terraces and parterres o
. Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new . te of this. Dunrobin, the Erie of Sutherland his speciall residence, ahouse well seated upon a mote hard by the sea, with fairorchards, when ther be pleasant gardens planted with all kindsof froots, hearbs and floors [flowers] used in this kingdom, andabundance of good saphorn [saffron], tobacco and rosemarie, thefroot being excellent, and cheeflie the pears and cherries. One is disposed to murmur at the taste of an agewhich swept away this old garden and its contents,to make way for terraces and parterres on a grandscale in the Italian manner, when the second Dukeof Sutherland enlarged the castle in 1845-51 ; never-theless, the ground lies so beautifully, the views fromthe terrace stairs are so commanding, and the treescrowd down so close to the tide, that the whole effectis very fine. At all events, we have here an example,scarcely to be surpassed elsewhere, of the art of horti-culture as it prevailed in the early Victorian the passion for cultivating rare plants ever 192. <S?*%K- ULNROmX. DUNROBIN overtake a lord of tliis stately demesne, soil, aspectand climate combine to assure him of an amplereward. In the garden of Dunrobin one cannot Vjut Ijeimpressed, as in other historic Scottish houses, witha sense of contrast between past and present. Whereeverything seems so orderly and secure, it is good toremember the system of anarchy and violence whichonce over-rode all law. No part of Scotland wasmore fiercely riven with blood-feuds than the countiesof Sutherland and Caithness. Administration ofjustice was, of necessity, comnutted to the barons,and, like all hereditary functions, was lialjle to grossabuse wdien it passed into unworthy hands. The chronicle of crime and terrorism in thesecounties is so confused, the actors in deeds ofviolence changed sides so often, that it is difficultto follow the intricate narrative. But in the six-teenth century two implacable riv
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