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double-flowered cockspur ; tansy-leaved, and 

 other hawthorns ; the mountain ash, and the 

 almond — the latter shewing a very marked ap- 

 pearance in the size of its leaves and the 

 robust habit of its growth. A very large tree 

 of Waterer's hybrid Laburnum, in full flower, 

 was a splendid object ; and another of the 

 purple flower Laburnum had, in addition to 

 the frequently observed sporting vagaries of 

 this plant, a fertile raceme of creamy white 

 flowers — a large plant of what may be termed 

 a feathery-leaved weeping laburnum — had a 

 fine effect ; although of considerable age, we 

 were told that it had never flowered, and we 

 have not seen it either catalogued or described. 

 A deeply-lacerated leaved cherry (not the 

 Cerasus serrulata of Don) formed a handsome 

 as well as a pretty drooping branched little 

 tree ; and conspicuous among its green as- 

 sociates was a fine specimen of the hoary- 

 leaved weeping-branched Pyrus salicifolia. 

 On a wall, having a southern exposure, a 

 very large plant of Escallonia macrantha, in 

 full flower, was a splendid object, and near 

 to it a downy-leaved Eurybia, fully 8 feet 

 in height, and thickly covered with Avhite 

 daisy-like flowers, was not less attractive. 

 The common China rose, as remaining longer 

 than any other in flower, is largely employed, 

 more especially for being trained plinth height 

 around the bases of the principal monuments ; 

 and the Bride of Abydos, white China rose, 

 is used in like manner where its almost snowy 

 whiteness is deemed more emblematical. 

 Among bulbous flowers, one or other of a veiy 

 complete collection of liUes here keep up a 

 display with their showy blooms from early 

 spring till ending autumn. On a single 6 

 feet high stem of the gorgeous Lilium aura- 

 tum we counted no less than thirty-five 

 opening blooms, and the yellow flowers of 

 the tall and graceful L. monadelphum were 

 conspicuous in various places. L. Browni, 

 one of the showiest of the tribe, thrives well ; 

 but, after blooming, it usually takes one year 

 to rest, without putting up a single leaf, a 

 peculiarity which may occasionally lead to its 

 destruction from its owner supposing it to be 

 dead while it is only sleeping. Many kinds 

 of Lupines were conspicuous by the size and 



elegance of the spikes ; but all were far sur- 

 passed by an unnamed tall white and dark 

 pinky coloured sort, Avith spikes fully 18 

 inches in length, and a fine plant of the 

 yellow^owered shrubby Lupinus arboreus, 

 recalled early recollections associated with 

 pre -bedding-out times, when Lupines were 

 universal favourites. 



It is, however, in the smaller gromng, or, as 

 they are usually termed, Alpine plants, that 

 \dsitors possessed of botanical tastes will take 

 most interest. Of these the permanent foliaged 

 Saxifrages, and especially the thick rigid-leaved 

 section of them, are employed with excellent 

 effect as dwarf vegetable basements around 

 the monumental stones ; Sedums, semper- 

 vivamis, and other like habited plants being 

 also used for like purposes, as well as for 

 forming edgings ; while over particular graves 

 were formed neat parallelograms with carpet- 

 like coverings of Araneria csspitosa, Sedum 

 lividum, and others, grass or other intermix- 

 ture being entirely excluded. Of plants in 

 vases one of the most suitable as well as 

 beautiful is the Saxifraga coronopifolia. S. 

 Nepalensis, belonging to the thick-leaved 

 section of this genus, was a prominent object, 

 with its many 2 to 3 feet high branching 

 spikes, densely clothed with prettily-spotted 

 white flowers. Sedum acre variegata, and 

 S. a. grandiflora were also conspicuous vase 

 plants, as were a good many belonging to this 

 last-named genera, as well as to that of Sem- 

 pervivum. Many of the burying-grounds are 

 surrounded with stone or marble edgings, 

 along the inner sides of which, as well as 

 between them and the stone monuments, and 

 immediately in front of the latter, are planted 

 specimens or masses of many rare alpines, 

 among which the following were conspicuous 

 at the time of our visit : — Anemone thalic- 

 troidus, with pretty double white flowers ; 

 Araneria montana, A. laricifolia, both with 

 large showy white flowers ; Coronilla Iberica, 

 Erodium hymenodes, which usually blooms 

 throughout nine months in the year; the 

 silvery-leaved Geranium argenteum, Hutchin- 

 sia alpina, the pure white large-flowered 

 Iberis corifolia; Linum flavum, with its masses 

 of brilliant yellow bloom ; saxifraga granu- 



