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sandstone, and is situated beneath a hill, and on a knoll about fifty 

 feet above the water'. In front of it is a lawn bounded by a parapet 

 wall, and between this and the water are several acres of land very 

 tastefully laid out as an arboretum and flower-garden. Copses of 

 native trees have been judiciously left on the north and south sides 

 of the grounds, and not only protect them from the injurious winds, 

 but add greatly to their beauty. The garden is intersected by many 

 walks, leading to the best points of view. It contains many rare and 

 fine specimens of plants from England, Mauritius, the Cape of Good 

 Hope, the East Indies, and America. A splendid specimen of the 

 Acrostichum grande, or Stag-horn, from Moreton Bay, was seen 

 suspended from a tree. 



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ACROSTICHUM GRANDE 



The Norfolk Island pine, and that from Moreton Bay, (the Arau- 

 caria Cunninghamii,) thought by some to be as handsome a tree 

 as the one from Norfolk Island, were also among the plantations. 

 From the flower-garden a walk leads through a lattice-work bower, 



