covered with erect white sprays in September; Abutilon Flower 

 vitifolium, with its beautiful open lavender flowers; the red Effects 

 Bottle-brush (Metrosideros], and a host of other trees and j n Wood 

 shrubs. There is, for example, a noble tree of the Californian 

 Redwood (Sequoia semper wrens], while smaller Conifers and 

 deciduous trees are carefully planted. Fan Palms (Cbam<erops 

 Fortune'!), are doing well where protected from the wind, which 

 destroys them more than cold, and have borne seed from 

 which young plants have been raised. 



A wooded slope, thickly planted with treasures, rises on 

 the farther side of the Vartry. To give sufficient light, the 

 lower branches of the trees have been cut, and through the 

 stems charming glimpses of blue hazy mountains are to be 

 seen. Shrubs and herbaceous plants thrive in the semi-shade. 



In late summer, Phloxes, in shades of white, pink, and red, 

 make a striking mass of colour under dark overhanging Oaks 

 and Elms ; the regular line, formed by their flowering heads, 

 is broken by a group of Cordalines, with Roses falling in 

 clusters from their stems. Astllbe Davidii, with fluffy spikes in 

 which rose and flame colour blend, forms another brilliant group 

 on the edge of a pool. It evidently appreciates its situation, and 

 has seeded itself freely. At another turn of the path, a clump 

 of bamboo relieves the exquisite pale blue flowers of Meconopsis 

 WaHichii, and affords a different but not less pleasing effect. 

 Hydrangeas, too, are seen at their best, in September; early 

 kinds had been flowering two months. On the other side of the 

 river the common Hydrangea decks itself with pink, while in 

 the wood it grows near iron ore and changes to a marvellous blue. 

 Some kinds are very intense in tone, telling strongly against 

 dark evergreens, Bamboos with their fresher tints, or the deep 



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