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It is surrounded by trees on the west, south, and eastern sides, and among these there are some of considerable interest. Many of them were removed in their full grown state, from the former garden in Leith Walk, and under the judicious management of the late Mr. M'Nab, they all succeeded. To the west of the general European collection is an old Yew, which has been twice transplanted, having

little to the east of this British arrangement is a collection of roses. Proceeding northwards, we come to a general collection of hardy evergreens, chiefly exotic; to the east of which is a collection of Medical Plants, with the names and natural orders attached. We then reach the Greenhouses. These contain a large collection of exotics, which thrive admirably. The western division contains heaths, epacrideæ, dryandras, proteas, grevilleas, diosmas, &c., while in the eastern division we have a stove with a northern exposure, in which epiphytes are cultivated with great success. The peculiar forms of these plants, and their remarkable mode of growth, attract the attention of all.

In the other greenhouses of the front range, there are many interesting plants; among these may be noticed Plantains, which bear fruit well, Papaw tree, Pitcher-plant, Papyrus, Indian rubber fig, cacti, cinnamon, tea plants, camphor tree, Astrapœa, some of the Fig tribe growing suspended in the air, amaryllides, arums, euphorbias, &c. In front of this range of houses is a piece of ground on which many of the plants of warmer regions, such as palms, acacias, &c., are cultivated in the open air, being carefully protected during winter. Behind these houses is a smaller range, in which numerous seedlings are cultivated, and a large Palmhouse, about forty-five feet high, in which are found Plantains and Bananas, Sago Palms, Fan Palms, European Palms, Cabbage Palms, Date Palms, Cocoa Nut Trees, Sugar-cane, Bamboos, Screw Pine, &c. The houses are heated partly by hot water and partly by steam. From the top of the boiler-house there is a very fine view of Edinburgh. Against the high northern wall of the garden, having a south aspect, many valuable exotics are trained, as, Magnolias, Acacias, Edwardsias, Camellias, Myrtles, Eucalypti, &c. On the north aspect of the south boundary wall, the Damask Rhododendrons are trained, and flower freely every year.

been transferred, first, from the Old Physic Gardens, below the North Bridge, to the garden in Leith Walk, and afterwards removed to its present situation. Beside the collection of British plants, is a magnetic observatory, superintended by the Professor of Natural Philosophy. The class-room of the Professor of Botany, and the house of the superintendent, are situated on the right-hand side of the entrance. A little further down the road, on the opposite side, is the entrance to the buryingground of the Edinburgh Cemetery Company. The grounds are laid out with much taste, and the company has conferred an important benefit on the community by affording the means of sepulture in such a spot at extremely moderate charges.

In returning, the stranger may vary his route by turning to the right, immediately after recrossing Canonmills Bridge, and proceeding by Huntly Street, Brandon Street, Pitt Street, and Dundas Street, to Queen Street. Turning to the left along Queen Street, he will pass St. David's Street on the right, and proceed up St. Andrew's Street, the next opening on the same side of the way. On the left hand, upon entering St. Andrew's Square, he may step into the passage No. 31, at the end of which, immediately in front of the door to the premises of Mr. Cadell the publisher, is placed a statue of Sir Walter Scott, cut in freestone by Greenshields, a self-taught Lanarkshire artist. The likeness is very striking, and the unaffected character and homely manner of the great novelist are so faithfully expressed, that a friend of Sir Walter's, upon seeing

it, exclaimed, "This is not a statue of the man, but his petrifaction."

Resuming his progress along the side of the Square, the stranger will again reach Princes Street, and, turning to the left, will regain the Register House, thus terminating our Fourth Walk.

The objects of interest in the City being now exhausted, we proceed to introduce the tourist to some spots in the vicinity more particularly worthy of notice. Among these we may observe that Roslin is regarded as the most attractive, although we have commenced with Habbie's Howe, as the best geographical arrangement.

ENVIRONS OF EDINBURGH.

HABBIE'S HOWE.

A very delightful excursion may be made from Edinburgh to Newhall, distant about twelve miles, supposed, with great probability, to be the scene of Allan Ramsay's celebrated pastoral, The Gentle Shepherd.

Leaving Edinburgh by Bruntsfield Links, the tourist passes on the right MERCHISTON CASTLE, the birth-place of the celebrated Napier, the inventor of Logarithms. A little further on is the village of Morningside, and a number of villas and country boxes. Two miles from Edinburgh is the Hermitage of Braid, (J. Gordon, Esq. of Clunie,) situated at the bottom of a narrow and thickly wooded dell, through which a small rivulet, called the Braid Burn, strays. Braid once belonged to a family called Fairly, and the Laird of Braid, during the Reformation, was a personal friend and zealous defender of John Knox. The road now skirts the rocky eminences called the Hills of Braid, which command a most beautiful view of the Scottish metropolis, with the Firth of Forth, its islands, and

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