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ROYAL GARDENS 



lassii, Abies grandis, A. Albertiana, A. Canadensis, A. Lasio- 

 carpa concolor, A. Hookeriana (a great beauty of its class), 

 Pinus excelsa, P. Nobilis, P. dissiflora. Silver Firs, P. Nord- 

 manniana, Picea pungens Glauca, P. insigne, P, Cembra, 

 Cryptomeria Japonica, C. elegans, Cupressus Macrocarpa, 

 Cedrus Deodara and C. Nootkatensis. On the lawn below 

 there are two vigorous trees of Abies Albertiana, planted in 

 1885, one by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Connaught, 

 and the other by His Royal Highness Prince Leopold of 

 Prussia. 



The mansion on its north or carriage front has a spacious 

 forecourt of gravel, and on a square of turf in the centre 

 stands a terra-cotta well-head designed by Mrs. Watts, widow 

 of the late G. F. Watts, R.A. In strong contrast to the south 

 front, the ground here rises sharply, the slope being covered 

 with Rhododendrons and other shrubs almost to the edge of 

 the gravel court. A vista is left open (opposite the entrance 

 portico) to the pine-wood beyond, and on both sides of the 

 grass slope are borders planted in great variety, whose colour 

 schemes are planned by Her Royal Highness Princess Patricia. 

 They have an extremely pretty effect when seen from the house. 

 Near the further end of this vista stands an old orangery upon 

 a knoll. Except some old summer-houses this is almost the 

 only relic left of Bagshot garden in the past. A very fine 

 Cedar, towering above its surroundings near the orangery, 

 forms a sort of terminus to mark the ends of three avenues 

 which there meet. That on the left is of old Yews. To 

 the right is one of Azaleas, 8 feet high, and the middle is 

 of Rhododendrons. This latter leads down the hill to the 

 American, or flowering shrub, garden. 



Here there are many fine specimens. Rhododendron 

 Russellianum (Bagshot variety) is 1 5 feet high and 20 feet 

 through, and has always a multitude of scarlet flowers in early 

 April. Kalmia Latifolia, nearly as large, both as single 

 specimens and in beds. Here, too, are massive groups of 

 several old forms of Azaleas, now seldom seen, with colours 

 ranging from scarlet to orange, pink and white. In the 



