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1 908 ; it is the best of the Olearias and is more tender than 

 O. dentata and O. Haastii. A large bush of double white 

 Lilac (Madame Lemoine) grows close by the sundial. This was 

 planted in 1895, and is a telling object when in flower; 

 double varieties last in flower longer than the single ones. 

 Other good kinds are Alphonse Lavallee, dark lilac ; Belle 

 de Nancy and Maxime Cornu. 



The next Terrace above is called the flower garden 

 terrace and at one time was the only place near the Castle 

 where flowers were grown. It is still kept in a plain old- 

 fashioned style (see plate XXVII.) At the east end a 

 large plant of Photinia serrulata grows against the wall, it 

 belongs to the same family as the hawthorn. Its flowers, 

 which are seldom seen here, are very similar to the May, but 

 are much larger, it is chiefly noted for the beautiful bronzy 

 red colour of the young leaves, and is a native of Japan and 

 China ; the tree is over 20 feet high. Clematis graveolens 

 syn C. orientalis, deserves mention here. It has yellow flowers 

 and very pretty woolly heads of seeds. Pyrus Mauleii is a 

 useful flowering shrub early in the spring its flowers are 

 smaller and brighter than P. Japonica and it does not grow 

 so freely. 



A large plant of Forsythia suspensa on this wall is very 

 beautiful when in flower. To grow this plant in the best 

 way it should be pruned back immediately after flowering and 

 then be encouraged to grow freely. I saw some nice speci- 

 mens of this in the Central Park, New York, growing in a 

 bush form and hanging over large rocks. Magnolia Lennei 

 grows near to this, it has purple flowers in May, which are 



