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varieties for exposure to the sun. One large circular bed sur- 

 rounded by a perfect border of Earl of Rosslyn pelargoniums, 

 was greatly admired. 



Splendid specimens of the palms, Areca lutescens, Phoenix dac- 

 tylifera, P. redinata, and Seaforthia elegans, and of the superb 

 Chamcerops Fortunei and C excelsa were noticed. The Eulalia 

 Japonica, of recent introduction, which so much resembles the 

 Arundo, was also observed, and is evidently destined to become a 

 general favorite, its leaves being striped like those of A. donax 

 variegata, and its habit being more compact and graceful. 



Lantanas, trained on a single stem six feet high ; Abidilons^ 

 eight feet high ; and the Coprosma Baueriana variegata, became 

 exceedingly effective as standards. 



Fine plants of Ferdinanda eminens, Wigandia Caracasana, 

 JJJidea blpinnata, of Mexico, Acacia lophantha, Bocconia Japonica, 

 xicantlms latifolms, and Pa2^yrus Babylonica were also prominent. 



The chief attraction and marked feature of the garden, however, 

 was the great bed of Echeverias and other Succulents, which for 

 richness, novelty, and arrangement, your Committee have never 

 seen equalled. The bed was eight yards long and four yards wide, 

 raised about a foot above the surrounding grass. Its edges were 

 at an angle of 45°, and framed around by three successive rows of 

 Echeveria secunda glauca, touching each other, the largest being 

 the lowest. The four sloping sides thus planted resembled a pic- 

 ture frame of shells, on a large scale. -Back of these, on the level 

 surface, three rows of Echeveria metallica glaiica, a stronger and 

 more striking variety, were set. In the centre, a large Agave 

 Americana presided, surrounded by a patch, eight feet in diameter, 

 of large Echeveria metallica, planted on a carpet of AUernanthera 

 amoena; the metallic lustre of the Echeverias contrasting finely 

 with the bright foliage beneath. A belt of the AUernanthera, a 

 yard wide, extended lengthwise through the middle of the bed, 

 and at equal distances therein were two large plants of Yucca 

 quadricolixr, and two of Yucca aloifolia, adding much to the effect. 

 All other spaces were filled with Echeveria sanguinea, E. agavoides^ 

 Aga.ve Jilifera, A. schidigera, A. media-picta, A. Mexicana, and 

 other kinds, in pairs. Two elegant plants of Aloe arbore.scens, 

 three feet high, with their thick drooping leaves, overreaching 

 several of the larger Echeverias, gave a charm to the whole. It 

 was estimated tliat more tlian two thousand succulents rested in 

 this single bed. 



