4S2 ^ Quinta de la Valley near Funchal, 



15 ft. high. All the ground under the trees is planted with 

 strawben-ies, which bear very well ; but sixty or seventy pine- 

 apple plants, in stone cases along the top wall, do not succeed 

 so well as is generally the case in Funchal. At f is a plant of 

 Hakea pugioniformis, with a trunk 10 in. in circumference, and 

 13ft. high; many specimens of Cajdnus bicolor, A'\oe arbo- 

 rescens, Polygala wzyrtifolia, Cereus brasiliensis, Bamhiisa, &c. 

 The wall is covered with Cactus triangularis, Ipomoe^abona-nox, 

 Passiflora edulis, Pereskm aculeata, &c. The hedge which 

 separates this terrace from a neighbour's vineyard, is formed of 

 roses, Bambiisa, Pereskm, &c. 



At the end of these terraces, there is a considerable declivity all 

 along the north side of the house, marked in the plan by the letters 

 G A, and divided into four terraces. The fourth (p 3) does not 

 slope, but is almost on a level with the walk : it is laid down in 

 turf, and surrounded with dahlias. These terraces together contain 

 the following plants : — Magnol/a grandiflora var. ferruginea, 

 trunk from 3 ft. to S^ ft. in circumference, and 30 ft. high ; iaurus 

 C&mphora, 6ft. in circumference, and from 50ft. to 60ft. high ; Eu- 

 ghnia Jdmbos {rose apple), 31 ft. in circumference, and 30 ft. high; 

 Celtis orientalis, 4 ft. in circumference, and 50 ft. high ; young 

 iatirus foe'' tens, IJft. in circumference, and 25 ft. high; Quercus 

 (S^ber (the cork tree), 7 ft. in circumference, and from 60 ft. to 

 70 ft. in height. Under the latter, and much too near, Dracae^na 

 Draco, 4 ft. in circumference, and 25 ft. high, iliyrica Fdi/a, 3 ft. 

 in circumference, and 30 ft. high ; Cupressus fastigiata, 2^ ft. in 

 circumference, and 50 ft. high ; Cupressus lusitanica, 5 ft. in cir- 

 cumference, and 40 ft. high ; Ceratonia (Siliqua (St. John's bread). 

 Hi ft. in circumference !, and 40 ft. high ; LsiAvus foe^tens (til tree), 

 2 ft. in circumference, and 40 ft. high ; ikfyrica Fdya^ 5 ft. in cir- 

 cumference, and 30 ft. high ; Acacia, unknown species, 7 ft. in 

 circumference, and 35 ft. high, 'magnificent (the leaves rather 

 resemble those of a cassia than of an acacia, and are of a very 

 dark green, approaching to black ; the flowers are yellow, and 

 very large) ; Cupressus lusitanica, 5|;ft. in circumference, and 

 35 ft. high ; y^cacia dealbata (young) 2 ft. in circumference, and 

 25 ft. high ; Cupressus fastigiata, 2' ft. in circumference, and 

 35 ft. high ; Pittosporum coriaceum, bushy, 7 ft. high ; young 

 Magnol/a umbraculifera ; Lonicer« japonica ; I'nga Houston? 

 Dec, bushy, with beautiful crimson flowers, 12ft. high; Xy- 

 lophylla falcata, 1ft. in circumference, and 12ft. high; Myr- 

 tus communis, microphylla, and macrophylla, 3 ft. in circum- 

 ference, and 25 ft. high ; Fuchsm arborea, bushy, 8 ft. high ; 

 Acacia verticillata, bushy; £rica arborea, 10 ft. high, &c. ; 

 Sterciilia J9latanif51ia, 5 ft. in circumference, and 50 ft. high ; 

 Z/aurus fce^tens, 5 ft. in circumference, and 40 ft. high. 



The ground marked p 4 and p 5 is almost level, and is separated 



