at Bishopstoke Vicarage, Hampshire. 



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most select trees. It is a perfect gem of botanical beauty in the 

 foreground, heightened in effect by interesting gleams of distant 

 scenery, seen between and over fine oaks and elms, on the lower 

 part of the declivity. 



In order to give our readers a correct idea of the details of 

 this garden, so exceedingly rich in choice plants, we applied to 

 Mr. Gamier for a ground plan ; and he has obligingly had one 

 prepared for us, of which Jig. 1 1. is an engraving. He has also 

 sent us a small view of the vicarage house. (Jig. 10.) The fol- 

 lowing are the details of the plan : — 



1. Rhododendron maximum, new. 2. Pink-flowering thorn. 3. Bed of a variety of choice roses. 

 4. Bed of pinks in summer, China asters in autumn. 5. C6rnus florida. 6. .Rhododendron, 

 a new variety. 7. .Rhododendron catawbiense. 8. Small bed of Kerbena chamsedrifblia. 



9. Large azalea. 



10. .4'rbutus. 11. Portugal laurel. 12. Laurustinus. 13. Bed of heartseases. 14. Variegated 

 rhododendron. 15. .Rhododendron dadricum atro-vlrens. 16. Large narrow-leafed bay. 



17. Rhododendron ponticum. 18. Two superb elms. 19. Bed of a variety cf herbaceous 



plants. 



20. Azalea /edifblia (indica alba). 21. Round bed of herbaceous plants. 22. Rhododendron pun- 

 ticum. 23. Rhododendron, hybrid. 24. Rhododendron, hybrid. 25. Oval bed of pelar- 

 goniums, stocks, and sorts of Rbsa odorata. 26. Laurustinus. 27. Rhododendron rbseum. 

 28. Kalmza lalifolia. 29. Clump of American plants. 



30. Humea elegans. 31. Oval bed of choice herbaceous plants. 32. Large Rhododendron 



arbbreum. 33. Pxbnia Moutan. 34. Rhododendron alta-clerense. 35. Magnblz'a grandi- 

 flbra, 26 ft. square. 



Growing under veranda : — 36. Camellz'a japonica wzyrtif olia. Camellia striped, orange-leafed myrtle, 

 and citron. 37. Magnificent broad leafed myrtle. 38. Camellia japonica atrorubens. 



39. Camellz'a jap6nica, double white 40. Camellia jap6nica Pompbnia. 41. Camellz'a 



jap6nica p&oniceflbra, and double striped ; and stand of pelargoniums. 



42. Magnolia grandiflbra. 43. Rbsa Banksz'^. 44. Magnblz'a purpurea. 45. Jasmlnum 



revoKitum. 46. Magnblz'a grandiflbra, 30 ft. high. 47. Noisette rose. 48. Long bank of 

 the choicest American plants, chiefly consisting of the new hybrid rhododendrons ; and in. 

 eluding all the new varieties of Azalea indica. 49. Fibiirnum lucidum. 



50. Aiicuba japonica. 51. Vase containing pelargoniums, blue lobelias, and Lophospermum eru- 



bescens. 52. Rhododendron catawbiense, variety. 53. Standard Magnblz'a grandiflbra. 



54. Vase, containing scarlet pelargoniums and Maurandya Barclayaraa. 55. Standard Camellz'a 

 jap6nica. 56. Azalea rhododendron, hybrid. 57. Magnolias purpurea. 58. Vase, contain- 

 ing pelargoniums, and Ferbena charcuedrif blia. 59. Very large elm, with seats. 



60. Rhododendron arbbreum. 61. Vase of scarlet pelargoniums, and pink Maurandya [? semper- 

 flbrens]. 62. Ricus elastica. 63. Red cedar. Juniperus virginiana. 64. Bed of pinks in 

 summer, China asters in autumn. 65. Aiicuba japonica. 66. Nerium plenum [? N. Oleander 

 var. splendens]. 67. Round bed of scarlet and white varieties of georg'ina. 68. Oval bed of 

 herbaceous plants. 69. F6chsz'a gracilis. 



70. Chionanthus [?] fulgida. 71. Berberis riiversifblia. 72. Yucca gloribsa. 73. Oval bed of 

 Rbsa odorata and of Calvert's Noisette roses. 74. Pinus Webbz'ana. 75. Oval bed of tree 



and dwarf roses. 76. Azalea indica alba. 77. Large standard single-flowered camellia. 



78. Oval bed of varieties of hybrid rhododendrons and azaleas. 79. Rhododendron arbbreum. 



80. Large mass of rhododendrons. 81. Round bed of choice azaleas. 82. Rhododendron mag- 



nolitefdlium. 83. Azalea nudiflbra coccinea. 84. Bed of varieties of georginas. 85. iigiis- 

 trum lucidum. 86. Kalmza latifblia. 87. Aristotelz'a Mdcqui, new variety. 88. Bed of 



hydrangeas. 89. Arauc&ria imbricata. 



