6 FLOWERS AND GARDENS OF MADEIRA 



in Madeira, and has spread throughout the length 

 and breadth of the island, straying from gardens 

 until they have now become almost hedgerow 

 flowers ; while at a higher altitude than Funchal, 

 plants from England and other parts of Europe 

 have also found a new resting-place. 



It is not only to lovers of flowers, who, should 

 they become the happy possessors of a garden in 

 Madeira, will find in it a never-ending source of 

 enjoyment, but also to those who wish to explore 

 the natural scenery of the island, that I heartily 

 recommend a visit to Madeira. Probably no 

 other island of its size has such grand and varied 

 scenery. Being only some thirty-three miles long 

 and fifteen across even at the widest part, most 

 people look incredulous when told of the inacces- 

 sibleness of some of the more remote parts of the 

 island, picturing to themselves the possibility of 

 seeing the whole island in one or, at the outside, 

 two days by means of the now ubiquitous motor- 

 car. These impatient travellers had better stay 

 away from Madeira, for their motor-cars will be 

 of no use to them, the gradients of the roads being 

 too steep for any but the most powerful of cars, 

 even if the roads themselves were not paved with 

 the most unlevel cobble-stones. To anyone who 



