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Notes 071 Country Seats and Gardens. 



our request, kindly furnished by Mr. Paxton. They are arranged here ac- 

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species ; but they are planted against the wall in no particular order, except 



that the more tender sorts, such as orange trees, Jasminura grandiflorum, 



^^ ^^ &c,, are generally placed together, so that the part of the wall 



Ur^M^ against which they are placed may be heated by itself ; whereas, 



if they were distributed over the whole wallwith the hardier 



sorts, such as Soj)kdra microphylla, Tecoma capreolata, &c., 



which require no artificial heat, there would be a considerable 



loss both of labour and fuel. 



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'RanunculdcecB, 



Clematis fl6rida Sieboldw, planted in 1837, is 9 ft. high, and in another place 

 has reached the top of the wall in a panel over low-growing shrubs. Like 

 other climbers it does not .spread much in width. In flower it is singularly 

 ornamental. 

 Clematis aziirea grandiflora, planted in 1837, is 15^ ft. high, and 2 ft. wide. 

 Splendid when in flower. 



DUlen\i\ce?s. 

 Hibbertifi! voliibilis, planted in 1836, is 10 ft. high, and 2 ft. wide. 



Magiiol'mcedd. 

 Magnolia grandiflora, planted in 1836, is 4ift. high, and 3i ft. wide. 



Winterace^e. 

 Illicium floridanum, planted in 1838, is 1 ft. high, and 1 ft. wide. 



Berberideae. 

 Berberis ? sp., planted in 1838, is 3 ft. high, and 1 ft. wide. 



Voli/galece. 

 Polygala grandiflora, planted in 1837, is 8^ ft. high, and 7 ft. wide. 



