FLORA AND SYLVA. 



K. grandis. 



K. President Cleveland. 

 K. Jules Chretien. 

 K. Hoffgartner Fiesser. 

 K. John Benary, line orange. 

 K. multiflora, white flowered. 

 K. T. S. Ware. 

 K. George Bruant. 

 K. floribunda. 

 K. Lachesis. 

 K. Saundersii. 

 K. Obelisque. 

 K. Surprise. 



The varieties of Pampas Grass, or Cortaderia, include the best white and 

 rosy-plumed kinds : C. jubata (= C. quild), best variety \ C. aui-ea variegata ; 

 C. JI T esscrliiighi, silver variegated ; and C. Ste?iackeri, best silvery variety. 



One of the features of Belgrove is the luxuriant growth of trees and shrubs 

 existent there. On the lower lawn are two very noble old evergreen Oaks, 

 quite different in habit, the one semi-pendulous, the other more erect and 

 bushy in habit. These trees are believed to be 200 years old, and the larger 

 of the two is 60 feet in height, having four main stems or boles of large size. 

 An oriental Plane of large size and very graceful habit is also a special feature, 

 either in winter, when its elegant limbs and twigs are bare, or in summer, when 

 clothed with its deeply-cut and glossy foliage. Other rare trees are the Golden 

 Chestnut of Monterey [Castanopsis chrysophylla), a specimen second only in size 

 and age to the tree in Earl Ducie's collection at Tortworth. jfuglans ailautifolia 

 is a distinct grey-barked tree, with long pinnate foliage of quite a palm-like 

 or sub-tropical character. 



Another rare Walnut growing here is jf. hybrida, var. Royal, and Paradox, 

 two of Luther Burbank's varieties, and said to be valuable as fruiting trees. 

 There is a fine bush of the Box-leaved Holly (Ilex buxifolid), and a healthy and 

 well-coloured specimen of Cupressus macrocarpa aurea. Plagianthus Lyalli 

 also does well here. There is a long wall in the upper garden, beautifully draped 

 with Magnolias, Wistarias, and other climbing or trailing plants, including 

 the true Ampelopsis E?igelma7j7ii^ one of the best of the so-called Virginian 

 creepers, as it clings firmly to the wall and colours better than A. hede?~acea 

 muralis. 



Perhaps the most interesting of the new plants on trial this year are com- 

 posites, viz., Aphaiiostephus arka7isa7ius,vi\x\\ creamy-white and pink flowers ; 

 Xci7ithocephahi77i gy77i77osper7nii77i, with full yellow flowers ; Ti-idax gailla7~- 

 dioides, with yellow inflorescence tipped with white, and very free blooming. 



K. R. Wilson-Ker. 



K. columnaris, a fine variety of 

 K. uvaria, of which the only 

 stock existent is here. 



K. Rooperi. 



K. rufa. 



K. Sirius. 



K. Matador. 



K. Edouard Regel. 



K. Emperor William. 



K. erecta. 



K. W. E. Gumbleton. 

 K. serotina. 



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