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. Cornus fl6rida. 6. Rhododendron, 

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



9. Large azalea. 



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

 rhododendron. 15. .Rhododendron d'ailricum atro-vlrens. IB. Large narrow-leafed bay. 



17. .Rhododendron p6nticum. 18. Two superb elms. 19. Bed of a variety cf herbaceous 



plants. 



20. Azalea fedifblia (indica alba). 21. Round bed of herbaceous plants. 22. .Rhododendron p6n- 

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

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

 28. Kahlua latifblia. 29. Clump of American plants. 



SO. Humea eiegans. 31. Oval bed of choice herbaceous plants. 32. Large Rhododendron 



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

 flbra, 26 ft. square. 



Growing under veranda : — 36. Camellia jap<5nica wzyrtif olia. Camellia striped, orange-leafed myrtle, 

 and citron. 37. Magnificent broad.leafed myrtle. S8. Camellia jap6nica atr6rubens. 



39. Camellia jap6nica, double white 40. Camellia japonica Pompbnia. 41. Camellia 



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



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



revolatum. 46. Miignblia grandiflbra, 30 ft. high. 47. Noisette rose. 48. Long bank of 

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

 cluding all the new varieties of Azalea indica. 49. Viburnum lucidum. 



50. A&cuba japonica. 51. Vase containing pelargoniums, blue lobelias, and Lophospermum eru- 



bescens. 52. Rhododendron catawbiense, variety. 53. Standard Magnblia grandiflbra. 



54. Vase, containing scarlet pelargoniums and Maurandya Barclay<$»a. 55. Standard Camellia 

 japonica. 56. Azalea rhododendron, hybrid. 57. Magnblz'a purpurea. 58. Vase, contain- 

 ing pelargoniums, and FerbSna chamsedrif blia. 59. Very large elm, with seats. 



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

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

 summer, China asters in autumn. 65. A-acuba jap6nica. 66. JVerium plenum [? N. Oleander 

 var. spiendens]. 67. Round bed of scarlet and white varieties of georgina. 68. Oval bed of 

 herbaceous plants. 69. Fuchsia gracilis. 



70. Chionanthus [?] fulgida. 71. Herberts diversifblia. 72. Yucca gloribsa. 73. Oval bed of 

 .Rbsa odorata and of Calvert's Noisette roses. 74. Pinus Webbiana. 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- 



nolicefblium. 83. Azalea nudiflbra coccinea. 84. Bed of varieties of georginas. 85. Zigds- 

 trum lucidum. 86. Kalmia latifblia. 87. Aristotelia Mdcqui, new variety. 88. Bed of 

 hydrangeas. 89. Araucaria imbricata. 



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