Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new (1908)
Maxwell, Herbert, Sir, 1845-1937, Wilson, Mary G.W., illus · London : E. Arnold · leaf 80
fruitsand of flowers, and the second is singularly free fromsmoke for a town of 317,459 inhabitants. Edinburghearned its name of Auld Reekie from no internalmurkiness ; it was conferred by a famous golfer ofthe eighteenth century, James Durham of Largo,who, from his home in Fife, used to watch… … PRINCES STREET GARDENS quence of the good folk preparing supper, he wouldsay, It is time, noo, bairns, to tak the bulks andgang to our beds, for yonders Auld Reekie, Isee, putting on her nightcap. And the nicknamewas confirmed and made irrevocable by a later andgreater authority than James Durham.…
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