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picturesque garden of quite informal design richly stocked (too 
richly, indeed, to secure the best landscape effects) with plants from 
Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Japan and 8. Europe. The conifers 
are very good, and it was interesting to see well-grown trees of such 
species as Tetraclinis articulata (40 ft.), Podocarpus macrophyllus, 
an elegant slender tree 45 ft. high, Cupressus lusitanica (perhaps 
80 ft.) and Tazodium distichum with pendulous branchlets. Arau- 
caria excelsa grows to a good size on this coast but seems to be 
thinly furnished and damaged by wind. I saw no tree anything 
like so well furnished and graceful as the one in the Temperate 
House at Kew. A. Bidwilli, on the other hand, 40 ft. high, is im 
woe condition. Cycas revoluta is common in the open air in 
. France and Italy, but other cycads are rarely seen. Here at 
Among palms other than common Phoenix, Trachycarpus, etc., 
the most striking are fine examples of Erythraea armata (or Brahea 
Roezhi as it is usually named here), its curving fronds being of an 
intense glaucous hue. Eucalypti of various sorts thrive exceedingly, 
some with trunks perfectly smooth others with the bark hanging 
loose in large strips or flakes. Here, as at Hyéres, it is the Eu- 
calypti that stand up above all other trees and first catch the eye 
as one approaches the garden. 
It is scarcely hardy at Kew. 
There is much of interest horticulturally on the Cap d’ Antibes ; 
a great trade is done in early roses for cut flower, and one grower 
makes a speciality of Gerberas, his stock, I believe, having originated 
from the varieties raised by Mr Irwin Lynch at the Cambridge 
Botanic Garden. No one should miss the wonderful gardens of 
Hilen Roe which are open on Tuesdays on payment of one franc. 
They stand upon, and partially cover, rocky cliffs washed at the 
base by the Mediterranean, and through and about them walks lead 
one to most enchanting views of coast, mountain and sea. The 
gardens themselves, owned by Mr. Wylie, are perfectly kept and 
well stocked with choice plants. The entrance fees, now amountin 
to several hundreds of pounds per annum, are devoted to charitable 
purposes, A similar arrangement obtains at La Mortola. 
MILAN. 
Visitors to Milan who are interested in park planting should pay 
a visit to the Giardino Pubblici. It is not often one sees a public 
park so admirably planted. The ground is undulating but not hilly, 
and the well-planned walks lead the pedestrian to a succession of 
