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Qiiinta de la Valle, near Funchal, 



Ground Floor of the House. 



1, Dining-room ; a being the entrance door ; b, the garden door, opening 

 towards the parterre of flowers ; and c, the windows. 



2, Flight of steps, leading from the entrance door on the ground floor to the 

 first floor. 



3, Garden door. 4, Staircase leading to the second floor. 



5, Passage leading to the offices and kitchen. 



6, 7, Small rooms for stores. 



8, Private staircase leading to the second floor. 9, 10, Privies for the offices. 

 11, Larder. 12, Kitchen. 



13, Small passages leading to the store-rooms. 14, 15, Store-rooms. 

 16,17, Servants' rooms. 18, Private stairs leading to the cellars. 



19,20,21,22, Servants' rooms. 23, Store closet. 



our admiration ; and this is, no doubt, owing to the facility with 

 which an equal and constant irrigation of the whole soil may be 

 obtained, by means of a stream of water, carried along almost the 

 whole length of the wall at the top of the garden, where the two 

 cisterns, c and d in Jig. 92. are situated, from which small 

 channels or gutters of water extend in all directions; besides 

 which, there are pipes, furnished with cocks, laid along all the 

 terraces, for watering the plants in detail. All the walls of the 

 terraces are covered with climbing plants, such as Tecoma radi- 

 cans, Passiflora racemosa, P. ed^lis, &c. ; Lonicera japonica and 

 sinensis, Ipomoe^a b6na-nox, jRuscus androgynus, &c. ; and other 

 plants trained against the wall, such as //edera /i/elix, geraniums, 

 fuchsias, Jasminum grandifldrum. Cactus triangularis, Zamarix 

 indica, Brugmans/a: suaveolens, iaurus indica, jRosa sinica, R, 

 bengalensis, and R. multifl^ra. The standard trees, however, 

 constitute the wonder of this garden. 



In ^^. 92., p 1 is a small lawn surrounded by a wall, ex- 

 tending about 20 ft. with a border of roses in front, planted with 

 Acacia leucocephala, Yucca gloriosa, Bambusa «rundinacea, 

 Lantana aculeata, geraniums, Alpinia nutans, Brugmans/a sua- 

 veolens, and iJuscus androgynus. There you will find four 

 plants of Acacia Wallich/a«a, from 3 ft. to 5 ft. in circumference, 

 and from 40 ft. to 50 ft. in height. When covered with their 

 yellow flowers, with long fringe-like stamens, and their most 

 delicately laciniated foliage, they are superb. They ripen seeds 

 in abundance. Celtis orientalis, 30 ft. high; young Z/aurus 

 Cdmphora ; Stercuiia /'latanifolia, with a trunk 3 ft. in girt, 



