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Notwithstanding the wretched state in which this place was, 

 we noticed in a flower-garden near the house very large plants 

 of Clianthus puniceus and fuchsias; Bouvardz'a triphylla, 4ft. high, 

 and forming a large bush ; rosemary, 6 ft. and 8 ft. high, form- 

 ing most beautiful bushes ; large magnolias of different kinds ; 

 and a bed of broad-leaved myrtles pegged down, so as to cover 

 the entire bed with their white flowers. Among the trees and 

 shrubs, along the walk before mentioned, were, a straight erect 

 arbor-vitas, upwards of 30 ft. high, with a clear trunk I ft. in 

 diameter; immense rhododendrons, azaleas, and laurustinus; and 

 a black spruce, 50 ft. high, feathered to the ground, its lowest 

 branches rooted in the soil, and their points forming a circle of 

 young trees ranged round their parent. 



Sharpham to Kingsbridge. We went by very bad parish roads, 

 crossed by innumerable other roads, or rather narrow lanes, 

 equally bad, without a single guide-post any where; and with so 

 few houses, or people at work to enquire of. that it was with the 

 greatest difficulty we found our way to Kingsbridge. 



Sept. 9. — Kingsbridge to Combe Royal, and, by the Moult, Wood- 

 ville, Salcombe, and Marlborough, to Modbury. In the garden of 

 the inn at Kingsbridge is a large lemon tree, protected by glass 

 during winter, but without fire-heat, which supplies lemons 

 enough for the use of the inn. The horse-keeper is the gar- 

 dener, and, being fond of that business, has the garden in ex- 

 cellent order. A few books are to be found in the inn, but 

 nothing to what there ought to be ; no county histories or local 

 topography. 



Combe Royal; John Luscombe, Esq. This place has been 

 long celebrated for its orange and lemon trees, of which an 

 account has appeared in our Volume for 1834, p. 36. We found 

 the trees in the highest order, and covered with abundance of 

 beautiful fruit. There are also excellent collections of all the 

 hardy fruits, and a great many of the more rare and valuable 

 trees and shrubs. All the Citrus tribe are here propagated by 

 cuttings of the young wood, taken off* in spring, and cut across 

 at a joint where the wood is beginning to ripen. These are 

 planted in sand, with little or no loam, in a pot prepared as 

 follows: the pot is nearly half-filled with drainage, over which 

 is placed a piece of flat stone fitted to the sides, so as barely to 

 let the water through to the drainage; on this a little sand is 

 put, and the cuttings are then planted in such a manner that 

 the lower end of each cutting is in close contact with the surface 

 of the smooth stone. The pot is then filled up with sand, and 

 placed in gentle heat in a frame, or covered with a hand-glass. 

 With the usual treatment as to water, shading, &c, they root 

 and are fit to transplant in about six weeks. The use of bringing 

 the lower end of the cutting in close contact with the smooth 



