round dwelling houses, as it grows very thickly. It bears 

 very large single white flowers with yellow stamens, and is 

 extremely beautiful when seen in flower over there. Belvoir 

 has proved too cold for it outside. 



A very large plant of Fuchsia Riccartonii has survived 

 the winter in this corner for many years, and near to it is a 

 plant of Holboellia latifola (Stauntonia) which has not 

 flowered, although it has grown here several years it has 

 very curious twisted stems. In the early summer some large 

 plants of white roses are full of flowers on these walls and 

 look well the variety is Leopoldine d'Orleans, an old kind, 

 which is much better than the one usually grown as a white 

 climber, viz., Aimee Vibert. 



There is another terrace at the back of this high wall, 

 which is only about three feet below the top. Very few 

 plants are grown there it is gravelled, and used as a prom- 

 enade. This is 460 feet above the sea level. The view as 

 seen from here on a clear day is magnificent and very ex- 

 tensive. The date when these terrace gardens were made is 

 uncertain the present walls appear to belong to the same 

 period as the castle, 1801 to 1820. " Hanging gardens " at 

 Belvoir castle are referred to in some verses written in 1 679, 

 and were probably situated where the present terrace gardens 

 are now. From the broad terrace on the N.E. side of the 

 Castle, a fine view of the surrounding country is obtained in 

 clear weather. A good specimen of Cedrus deodara grows 

 on the slopes just below ; this is a native of the Western 

 Himalayas and has sometimes been recommended for planting 

 as a timber tree, it suffers here in severe frosts and would 



