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are judiciously distributed stages covered with beautiful flowering 

 plants. Single plants, remarkable for their variety or beauty, stand 

 alone on the terrace before the pillars; and among these some Prote- 

 iicefe may be particularly mentioned, and a Burchelh'a capensis, ten 

 feet hijjh, and covered with innumerable flowers. Along the terrace 

 stand large plants, such as aloes and Phormium tenax, in beautiful 

 vases, different species of Phce^iix, large cordylines, C'hamse^rops 

 hvimilis (var. excelsa,) and boxes of painted china, consisting of 

 square pieces put together, and filled with petunias and verbenas, 

 thus even increasing the richness of the flowers in a manner pecu- 

 liarly beautiful. Frpm the splendid and most tastefully fitted up 

 apartments of the proprietor, which recall the time when he lived 

 among the princes of India, a view is obtained of great part of the 

 garden, and the eye gets a glimpse of the romantic village of Upper 

 St. Beit, near St. Beiter's Berg, with the beautiful scenery in the 

 distance. The real Chinese furniture on the terrace, the flags hung 

 out above it, consisting of a white middle and red border, and the 

 circular lamps brought by the baron from China, hanging between 

 the pillars, give the whole the appearance of an Oriental dwelling. 



On the terrace before the sitting-room of the proprietor stands a 

 colossal grouj) of plants, consisting chiefly of the families Vroteiicea, 

 Mimosfe, Jliyrtacese, and several others. Near this group is situated 

 a grove-like collection of Coniferre. The connoisseur will here find 

 beautiful specimens of Araucaria braziliensis, eighteen feet hich, 

 Cunninghams excelsa and imbricata; Pinus altissima Hort., Banks- 

 iihia Lamb., Gevavdiilna Wall., halepensis Ait. (maritima Lamb.,') 

 Lambertm«« Dough, Coiilteri D. Don (macrocarpa Lindl.,) mon- 

 ticola Doiigl.; t^H)ies cephalonica Loud. (Jl. Luscombe«?ia Hort., 

 iaxifolia Hort.,) Menziesn Douel., Smithnom Wall. (JMortnda 

 Hort.;) Picea Wehbitina Wall. (Pinus spectabilis L«m6,) Cedrus 

 Deodara Roxb.; and Deodara var. pendula, intermedia, Podocarpus 

 longifolius Hort., latifolius Wall., nucifer Loud. ( 3'axus nurifera 

 L.;) a remarkai)le specimen of Cunninghamia sinensis Rich. (Belis 

 jaculifolia Salisb.,) also the rare Ddmmera australis and orientalis 

 Lamb. (A'gathis Salisb.,) Dacrydium elatum Wall. (Juniperus 

 Roxb.,) and many others of the most beautiful kinds of Coniferte; 

 while different species of Callitris and Casuarina stand in the centre 

 of the group on a small stage of ornamental iron-work, down the 

 sides of which small varieties of plants are seen gracefully bending. 

 The charm of the whole picture is enhanced by the splendor of Cat- 

 cilpa syrmgce folia Sims (Bi-rnonm Catdlpa L.) in full flower, and by 

 the deli<;htful perfume of the blossoms of the shady lime tree, which 

 lends its peculiar charm to the atmosphere. 



A complete collection of Indian varieties of rhododendron is situ- 

 ated on the further side of this group, and the whole is remarkable 

 for beauty and luxuriance. More to the right are seen the most 

 beautiful erythrinas, near which are groups of Azalea pontica and 

 Fseonia MoiUan Svv. (many sjjecies,) in splendid flower. 



The more the beholder advances, the inore he fancies himself 

 transported to Japan, as a forest of camellias in which gigantic s|)e- 

 cimens stand that once ornamented the gardens of Saxony, and the 

 largest of which is twenfy-two feet high, aflbrds abundant shade. 



