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on the sea, are emerald-coloured pines and bushes of yellow spurge, 

 which in the dazzling sun appear like huge topazes set in among the 

 rocks; whilst the distant white town of Bordighera, at the extremity 

 of an undulating promontory, resembles the ivory horn of some huge 



THE TUNNY FISH. 



monster thrust into the sea. Within the gardens are the choicest 

 plants, collected from every country which has a climate like Men- 

 tone — blue-gum trees, acacias and minosas, palms and aloes, with 

 lilies and roses of every shade and hue. But the chief attraction 

 are the Anemones, thousands of which were growing side by side, 



