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Planting 



Trees: Orange; lemon; plantain; shaddock; limes; 

 citrons; figs; pomegranate; apricots; peach; olive. 



Shrubs: Nerium oleander oleander; Laurus no- 

 bilis rose bay; Myrtus communis myrtle. 



Flowers : Di 'an thus caryophyllus carnation ; Helio- 

 tropium Europaeum, Heliotro'pium Indicum helio- 

 trope; Hyacinths; Iris Xiphium^ Iris xiphioides. Iris 

 Florentina, Iris Susiana flower-de-luce; Narcissus; 

 Rosa Damascena damask rose; Rosa Gallica Prov- 

 ence rose; Rosa Chinensis Bengal rose; Rosa moschata 

 musk rose; Rosa Borbonica Bourbon rose; Tulips; 

 Viola odorata, blue and white forms violet. 



Climbers: Jasminum Sambac, Jasminum grandi- 

 florum jessamine; Lonicera Etrusca, Lonicera Capri- 

 folium honeysuckle. 



CAVALIER GARDEN 



Characterized in design by dignity, park-like ex- 

 panses, and symmetry in disposition of buildings and 

 inclosed spaces. Gardens and orchards walled in, but 

 not attached to the house or buildings. Simple lines 

 in gardens, both flower and vegetable; flower gardens 

 square or oblong averaging sixty by one hundred and 

 twenty feet, or one hundred by one hundred. Beds bor- 

 dered with boxwood, or with herbs, sheared to definite 

 height and width, for which see chapter on Inclosures. 



