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reminiscences of our first glorious home, and longings 

 to reproduce it ; liking those gardens best which seem 

 to instruct us most convincingly how, by a great love 

 and a long labour, we may change Paradise Lost to 

 Paradise Eegained, in which refined taste, and skilful 

 culture, and continuous work are patiently striving 

 to eliminate that which is noxious and unsightly, and 

 to replace it with all things pleasant to the eye and 

 good for food, I shall never forget that " goodly place 

 and goodly time " the garden at Lamorran and the 

 joyous hours which passed so quickly there. It is 

 indeed " a garden wild, but not without a plan," and 

 that plan is to combine and blend Nature with art, 

 imports and home produce, so to diversify and sur- 

 prise without incongruous or too sudden change, that 

 the eye of the visitor should never weary, and that 

 his steps, though upward, should never tire ; but 

 that increase of appetite should grow with that it 

 fed on, and sigh, with the French lover, trop n'est pas 

 assez. 



And it is marvellous to see, and all negligent 

 gardeners should be shown or told, how much a 

 master-mind, with only one fellow-workman not 

 an artist can realize and maintain. There seemed 

 to be in that extensive hill-side garden not only 

 everything which we gardeners love the most, trees, 

 evergreen and deciduous, notably the Sikkim rhodo- 

 dendrons, the named hybrids raised by the owner, 

 such as the lovely Lady of the Lake and Rose of 

 Falmorren; graceful palms, such as Chamserops 

 excelsa ; also Paulownias and Bambusas ; conifers in 

 their full grandeur, so happy that they grew self- 



