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perate House at Kew and clear of leaves for 25 ft. up. After 
_ having traversed the Riviera, Magnolia grandiflora has become so 
familiar that one almost ceases to remark it, but here at Isola Madre 
it 13 so fine that one’s admiration is perforce renewed. mass of 
Beschorneria yuccoides with its tall arching panicles of scarlet flowers 
gave a charming combination of grace and bright colour. n 
Elaeagnus—always called E. reflexus in the S. of Europe—which 
. from the shining brown undersurface of the leaves must be a form 
of EF. glabra or perhaps a hybrid between it and EL. pungens, is 
. occasionally seen in English gardens as a low spreading evergreen 
8 In S. France and Italy it becomes a climber; at 
Mortola it had reached the top of a pine 40 ft. high; in some places 
it is used as a thick, clipped hedge trained on iron fencing. Here at 
Isola Madre it serves admirably for forming arbors. It appears to 
have some value as a sea-side plant. At the Chateau of Miramar 
near Trieste I saw masses of it luxuriating on cliffs within a few 
yards of the Adriatic. 
Cupressus cashmeriana.—The most interesting and remarkable 
tree on Isola Madre is the Cashmere cypress. The history of this 
species is somewhat obscure and its native country—most probably 
N.W. India—is not certainly known. It may even be a form of 
Banksian Roses.—The most fascinating of all plants in this part 
of the world in April and May is the Banksian rose. Altogether 
