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permanent one. Even in the coldest districts of England, 

 numerous plants will f^row which give a tropical appearance.* 

 In Norfolk and Suffolk, where the late frosts are most trying 

 to gardeners, various bamboos will flourish ; Bambusa meteke, 

 Simonii, viridiglaucescens, and edulis are perfectly hardy, and 

 besides these many things such as Berberis, Aralias, Gunnera 

 scabra, Aristolochias, giant Heracleums, Arundo Donax, several 

 species of Rhus and Spirea, Polygonum cuspidatum, Tamarix, 

 Yuccas, Polygonatum multiflorum, Solomons seal, Bocconia 

 cordata, and several sorts of Acanthus, besides taller trees, such 

 as the Ailanthus glandulosa, and Japanese maples ; these when 

 grouped on grass with smaller ferns and grasses, produce a very 

 tropical effect. Green gardens composed of such things would 

 be a pleasant variation from the brighter flowering plants. In 

 the warmer districts of England this could be more easily 

 accomplished. Some of the hardier palms do well and appear 

 almost at home among the familiar English trees. 



" But fair the exiled palm tree grew 

 Midst foliage of no kindred hue ; 

 Through the laburnum's dropping gold 

 Rose the light shaft of orient mould, 

 And Europe's violets faintly sweet 

 Purpled the moss-beds at its feet. 



Strange looked it there ! the wilhiw streamed 

 Where silver\- waters near it gfleamed ; 

 The lime-bough lured the honey bee 

 To murmur by the desert tree, 

 And showers of snowy roses made 

 A lustre in its fan-like shade." 



Mrs. Hemans. 



Parts of Cornwall are so mild that many things will do 

 well there which are considered as greenhouse plants in other 

 parts of England. There are in that county some gardens 

 that would astonish gardeners from less-favoured districts. 

 Pengerrick, Menabilly, Heligan, Tregothuan, and Carclew 

 are among the finest of these Cornish gardens. Camelias 

 grow into fine trees, f and Sikkim Rhododendrons flower 



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* Tlie Sub-tropical Garden. By W. Robinson. 2nd Edition, 1879. 

 f Also in Hampshire and some other Southern and Western Counties. 



