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THE LAL BAGH. 
NEARLY equidistant from the Malabar coast on the 
west, the Carnatic on the east, and the extreme point 
of India on the south, and in about the same latitude 
as Madras, is situated Bangalore. It is one of the 
Wales. The original intention was for the Prince to 
have visited the young Maharajah of Mysore, and Sir 
pe some flowering more than once during | 
t 
e yea ротова rubro-coerulea is in bloom at this 
pee "its lovely sky-blue flowers remaining open 
till about 4 P.M., when the colour deepens to a mauve 
tint, pe subsequently b. a reddish purple; the 
magnificent ga ес figured at p. 181 of our 
Vol, 1. for 1875, trained over the porch of the 
Cubbon Hotel, was whfortuiately destroyed in a recent 
storm. Almos he foliage plants which in this 
country require the shelter of glass can there 
he г, the *'half-shade " 
garden, Fruit trees have been imported from 
Europe, and take н eir Place with the Mango, 
the уу megranate, Shaddoc 
h k, 
Averrhoa, the Plantain, the Custard Apple, and 
other products of the tropics. With such a climate a 
greater vari d ч PEE can be 
e 
rts 
make the Lál Bágh the her багц іп Indis 
mental band-stand and fountain, surrounded by a 
formal garden and broad walks, around which there 
there is an upper terrace. Loo glo. m hogs is А 
it 
n wers, and and ot 
ornamental trees dotted about О e southern 
d the avenue of climbers is visible, and the ol 
ango gr ow turned into deer park, with 
M 
the D. -constructed lake to 
view of the deer 
the west of it. A 
park is shown at fig. 146. 
n are numerous and interest- 
rii Sens reginae i 
Cassia Fistula covered with blossoms, purple and white 
, Tamarinds, Mango, pesia, Milling- 
tonias, with Artocarpus Roxburghii, Michelia Cham- 
ca, the Bread-fruit tree, Ac s, nd many others 
we have not space to enumerate, Among them, 
ich 
"ia | оне we must not forget E Win the superb 
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Fic, 146.—THE DEER PARK AT THE LÁL BÁGH, BANGALORE, 
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Richard Meade, the Chief Commissioner of the 
ea че саг were made scoring, 
Withou y great extremes ; for oem а “of = 
twelve. it i is hot and dus нар "with no rainfall, bu t for 
the rest of the year it is very enjoyable. e 
Sow all the year round, P A lex may be had for 
ten months out of the twelve; ; while Strawberries and 
unbergias, 
y others, thrive 
resent condition is due, in a great measure, to the 
pee and skill of Colonel Puckle, who has converted a 
ery beautiful garden, and who 
t in no slight degree by the 
o the 
ntal grounds, 
corse a of any féte, 
ur illus- 
Poinciana regia, Phish erae m in great variety, and 
with which Colonel P numerous pro- 
mising experiments in the way epe crossing. In April 
and May they are generally so beauti- 
ful bloom that the eaves be seen ; 
where the soil is gravelly is more apparen 
where it is e loamy, the fol ht 
, is more deeply green abundant, and the 
pv амда жи blossom forms with them a very 
imagin se peso t beautiful ; out 
in crimson Deme which is displayed to perfection on 
carpe rald-green e 
* The My As нер š а - ealth in flowering and 
foliage shrubs а Bo At the sides of the terrace, 
and around the band-stand, formal carpet gardening is 
paid much attention to, and everything that has 
good colour, and can be pinc 
height, is pressed. into the service. The effect of 
t ht intersecting 
cece, sued rl quts 
ae towards the upper terrace, the flowering and 
