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beautiful vistas and tree groups. I do not know the date of the 
foundation of the park; many of the trees must be 100 or more 
years old, but may have existed on the site previously. The 
designer appreciated the higher landscape value in gardens of 
grouped trees and shrubs as compared with a mixture of individuals, 
and the provision of spacious lawns helps to the appreciation of 
their beauties. The Judas-tree was really splendid here. A group 
of about twenty Taxodium distichum approaching 100 ft. in height 
planted near the lake have developed conspicuous “knees.” 
group of magnificent fastigiate oaks made a bold and striking 
picture, and Magnolia grandiflora planted in a mass was 50 ft..high. 
reat hollow rectangle of horse chestnuts in flower made an 
effective display. Cedars and especially the deodar are excep- 
tionally vigorous, but some other conifers like common spruce are 
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poor and should be removed. Aegle sepiaria has occasionally been 
suggested as a hedge plant in England. There is one in this park 
about 100 yds. long, not so efficient a barrier as I should have 
imagined. Probably the persistent clipping prevents the full 
development of formidable spines, and its restriction to 3 or 4 ft. 
in height may curb its energies too much. roup of Musa Basjoo 
(or japonica) here, as in other places, looked very forlorn with 
stems bare or carrying but one or two battered leaves, leading one 
to wonder (as with some bamboos at home) whether their beauty 
at one part of the year sufficiently compensates for their depressing 
possessing. A 
Between the Castello and the Arco della Pace is the extensive 
PALLANZA. 
There is much that is interesting to be seen by the lover of 
gardens and especially of trees and shrubs in and about Pallanza. 
There is the well-known nursery of the Brothers Rovelli and many 
well kept gardens belonging to private houses and hotels, and, 
within an hour’s row on Lake Maggiore, are the famous gardens 0 
Isola Bella and Isola Madre. The vegetation generally is luxuriant 
and presents rich and varied tints that give a pleasant change from 
the grey olive-clad country farther south. gay 
Messrs. Rovelli’s nursery occupies an elevated promontory jutting 
out into Lake Maggiore, charming views of which on both sides are 
obtained from the summit. On the other hand, to the view of 
travellers along the road which follows the margin of the lake, the 
nursery presents a remarkable variety and wealth of vegetation. 
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