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Physianthus albens. 

 Pittosporum Mayii. 

 Eliapliiolepis ovata. 

 Sarracenia purpurea. 

 Solanum jasminoides. 

 Umbellularia californica. 



To give a faithful portrait of 



MENABILLY 

 in one crisp paragraph., or to put one's finger on any single 

 feature and say ''Here is the secret of the persuasive charms of 

 the grounds," is a more difficult task than first consideration 

 would suggest. In more ways than one has fortune smiled on 

 this estate. In point of situation it leaves nothing to be 

 desired. It has also been blessed with an owner who knows 

 exactly what the grounds are capable of, and who has been at 

 the farthest remove from parsimony in stocking them. As far 

 as it is possible to attain the ideal in landscape gardening, Mr. 

 Rashleigh has done so. Far and near Menabilly is the subject 

 of admiration among lovers of gardening, and if there are 

 circumstances under which envy becomes a venial offence, it 

 may well be elvated to the rank of a virtue when it concerns the 

 place now under notice. Nowhere does the visitor see violent 

 contrasts, nowhere is the handiwork of man marred by tame 

 uniformity. There is an abundance of everything, and yet no 

 suggestion of superfluity, or that anything can be spared. Its 

 conifers are drawn from many lands, and are proportioned with 

 almost mathematical precision. Its sweeps of Hydrangeas are 

 in themselves a feature of the estate, and its range of exotics is 

 sure to do good for the county in its struggle for a position as a 

 winter resort, when the climatic requirements of dozens of the 

 plants are considered : 



Abelia floribunda. 



,, rupestris. 

 Abutilon alba. 



,, purpurea. 

 ,, vitifolium. 

 Acacia affinis. 



,, melanoxylon. 



