The Gaj'den in its Glory 



to a busy part of the town, from which it is 

 secluded by trees and shrubs of considerable 

 age, and the whole earth has been laid under 

 contribution to fill it with the wonders of the 

 vegetable kingdom. Not only the garden- 

 lover but the trained botanist will find plenty 

 of food for admiration and study. The 

 Quinta d'Achada, "the Level," is described 

 by its name. It is unique among Madeira 

 gardens in occupying a nearly level tract on 

 the top of a ridge between two ravines. With 

 its fine and spacious old house, its magnificent 

 groups of such shrubs as Strelitzia augusta, here 

 of a size and perfection not to be met with 

 elsewhere, its pleasant walks, its wealth of 

 water, and the view from its terrace over the 

 eastern half of the city and of the hills above, 

 it may perhaps strike the visitor as the most 

 desirable of all the Quintas of Funchal. The 

 Quinta da Sta. Luzia is noteworthy as the 

 typical Madeira garden, evolved by the in- 

 clusion of terraced land on a steep hillside. 

 This formation has the advantage that from 

 an upper terrace you may look down upon 

 roses and other climbers growing on pergolas, 

 and appreciate the abundance of their bloom, 



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