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lagerstroemia from the East-Indies (1), a very 

 beautiful oak with sweet acorns from Spain, the 

 caper- tree, capparis, etc. On the north are 

 placed the shrubs and plants of cold countries, 

 such as the spiraea of Siberia, with several 

 species of orchis and fern. 



This garden is divided transversely by two ad- 

 joining walks of arbor- vitae, under which are 

 raised in pots, such vegetables as grow in 

 the thickest forests, and require an impervious 

 shade. Before these alleys is a well and basin, 

 and near them a paper mulberry-tree, sprung 

 from the stock presented by sir Jos. Bankes, 

 which has been transplanted to the menagerie. 

 The remainder of the space is divided into beds 

 for the culture of the rarest and most interesting 

 vivacious plants which grow in the open air, 

 and of others newly introduced or imperfectly 

 known, which are removed to the parterres as 

 their species are determined. 



The aspect of this garden from the avenue of 

 horse-chesnuts, or the terrace of the menagerie, 

 is rendered extremely picturesque by the beauty 

 and variety of foreign plants, growing in a rich 

 soil and developing the full luxuriance of their 

 flowers and foliage. 



(1) Lagerstrcerniai ndica, L. a shrub cultivated for the beauty of its 

 flowers in China and the East-Indies. 



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