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planted. They have already attained their object, being 

 assisted by colonies of Yellow Broom which sprang up in 

 the newly trenched ground from seeds which must have 

 lain dormant there for years. Part of the grounds hereabout 

 is treated as a wild garden, where Daffodils and Bluebells 

 push through decaying fronds of common bracken fern, and 

 where Rosa-rugosa, Penzance and Sweet Briars, Pampas grass, 

 Willow-herb, Verbascums and Foxgloves grow freely in the 

 rough grass. One side of The Glade has been devoted to 

 a collection of conifers. Picea Orientalis, Abies grandis, 

 Cupressus Nootkatensis, Pinus excelsa, P. Strobus, P. Cembra, 

 Cedrus Atlantica and C. Deodara are some of the trees planted. 

 They are all growing vigorously. Pinus montana has been 

 employed as a groundwork, among which the brown stems 

 of Japanese Wineberry show up warmly in winter, while the 

 silvery undersides of its foliage, stirred by a breeze, are 

 equally attractive in summer. Vitis coignetis and V. 

 purpurea ramble over some Yew trees near by, and their 

 richly coloured foliage in autumn makes a fine contrast to 

 the dark sombre green of the trees they cling to. A large 

 group of upright growing Libocedrus decurrens occupies a 

 prominent raised position and has, as an undergrowth, a 

 mass of the graceful Berberis Stenophylla. 



Church Walk and Memorial Threes. — Another interesting 

 feature of the West Garden is the Church Walk with its 

 avenue of Scotch Firs making a fine frame to a beautiful view 

 of the Deer Park and Church beyond. On the lawn near by 

 many notable memorial trees are placed. Tablets by the side 

 of each tell when and by whom it was planted. Taking 

 them as they come ; a perfect specimen of Abies pungens 

 glauca, twenty-nine feet high, was planted in 1887 by H.R.H. 

 the Duke of Sparta, and another equally good by H.M. the 

 King of the Hellenes in the same year. Two specimens of 

 Fagus Sylvatica planted by T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of 

 Wales in 1 872, are now fifty feet high. Quercus cerris planted 

 by H.R.H. the Duchess of Albany in 1887 ; Quercus robur 



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