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congenial to his tastes. On descending by a lower 

 road from the signal-station, two or three small apolo- 

 gies for farms are passed ; and just above the middle 

 part of the town is the elegant residence of Dr. Bur- 

 row, the archdeacon of Gibraltar, who has, with great 

 taste and horticultural skill, laid out the garden sur- 

 rounding the " palace" with rare and beautiful trees. 

 I doubt not that he lias ere this succeeded in natural- 

 izing some of the plants which grew from seeds sent 

 to me by my friends in Ceylon ; indeed, before I left 

 the rock, I had the pleasure of seeing several orna- 

 mental plants of that " garden of flowers" thriving as 

 well as they can be expected to do in Gibraltar. The 

 stranger could scarcely picture to himself a good gar- 

 den in Gibraltar ; but there are several, even in the 

 town, which may come under this designation. The 

 extent of some of these would perhaps surprise him ; 

 among the principal ones are, the gardens attached to 

 the quarters occupied by the colonels of artillery and 

 engineers; the garden belonging to the celebrated 

 wine-merchant, Mr. Glynn ; the one just mentioned, 

 belonging to the archdeacon ; and, the largest of all, 

 the convent garden. In the South-district there are 

 several very excellent flower-gardens ; the one at- 

 tached to the Alameda is under the particular care of 

 Captain Pogson, the garrison quarter-master, to whom 

 indeed much credit is due for the excellent preserva- 

 tion and increasing beauty of the Alameda ; and it is 

 surprising how much has been done, with so little 

 pecuniary means at his command. Mr. Danino's 

 nursery, though not very extensive, is kept in good 



