452 Qiimta de la Valle, near Fwichal, 



15 ft. high. All the ground under the trees is planted with 

 strawberries, which bear very well ; but sixty or seventy pine- 

 apple plants, in stone cases along the top wall, do not succeed 

 so well as is generally the case in Funchal. At f is a plant of 

 Hakea pugioniformis, with a trunk 10 in. in circumference, and 

 13ft. high; many specimens of Cajdnus bicolor, A'\oe arbo- 

 rescens, Polj'gala 7«yrlifolia, Cereus brasiliensis, Bamhiisa, 8:c. 

 The wall is covered with Cactus triangularis, Ipomce^abona-nox, 

 Passiflora edulis, Pereskm aculeata, &c. The hedge which 

 separates this terrace from a neighbour's vineyard, is formed of 

 roses, Bambusa, Peresk/a, &c. 



At the end of these terraces, there is a considerable declivity all 

 along the north side of the house, marked in the plan by the letters 

 G A, and divided into four terraces. The fourth (p 3) does not 

 slope, but is almost on a level with the walk : it is laid down in 

 turf, and surrounded with dahlias. These terraces together contain 

 the following plants : — Magnol/a grandiflora var. ferruginea, 

 trunk from S ft. to 3^ ft. in circumference, and 30 ft. high ; Z/aurus 

 Cdmphora^ 6 ft. in circumference, and from 50ft. to 60ft. high ; Eu- 

 gi:nia Jdmbos {rose apple), 3^ ft. in circumference, and 30 ft. high ; 

 Celtis orientalis, 4 ft. in circumference, and 50 ft. high; young 

 Z/aurus foe'tens, l^ft. in circumference, and 25 ft. high; Quercus 

 jSuber (the cork tree), 7 ft. in circumference, and from 60 ft. to 

 70 ft. in height. Under the latter, and much too near, Dracae^na 

 Draco, 4 ft. in circumference, and 25 ft. high. Afyrica Fdi/a, 3 ft. 

 in circumference, and 30 ft. high ; Cupressus fastigiata, 21; ft. in 

 circumference, and 50 ft. high ; Cupressus lusitanica, 5 ft. in cir- 

 cumference, and 40 ft. high ; Ceratonia Siliqua (St. John's bread), 

 1 1 ^ ft. in circumference !, and 40 ft. high ; Z/aurus foe^tens (til tree), 

 2 ft. in circumference, and 40 ft. high ; 3/yrica Fdj/a, 5 ft. in cir- 

 cumference, and 30 ft. high ; Acacia, unknown species, 7 ft. in 

 circumference, and 35 ft. high, magnificent (the leaves rather 

 resemble those of a cassia than of an acacia, and are of a very 

 dark green, approaching to black ; the flowers are yellow, and 

 very large) ; Cupressus lusitanica, 5^fi. in circumference, and 

 35 ft. high ; y^cacia dealbata (young) 2 ft. in circumference, and 

 25 ft. high ; Cupressus fastigiata, 2' ft. in circumference, and 

 35 ft. high ; Pittosporum coriaceum, bushy, 7 it. high ; young 

 Magnoh'a umbraculifera ; Lonicera japonica ; Fnga Houston/ 

 Dec, bushy, with beautiful crimson flowers, 12 ft. high ; Xy- 

 lophvlla falcata, 1ft. in circumference, and 12ft. high; Myr- 

 tus communis, microphylla, and macrophylla, 3 ft. in circum- 

 ference, and 25 ft. high ; Fuchs/a arborea, bushy, 8 ft. high ; 

 yicacia verticillata, bushy; £rica arborea, 10 ft. high, &c. ; 

 Sterculia jolalanif^lia, 5 ft. in circumference, and 50 ft. high ; 

 Z/aurus foe'tens, 5 ft. in circumference, and 40 ft. high. 



The ground marked p 4 and p5 is ahnost level, and is separated 



