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THE TERRACE GARDEN OF MONTE-CARLO. 



their gorgeous color attract great attention. Mare- 

 chal Niel, under favorable conditions of weather, 

 proves magnificent, but it is readily discolored and 

 torn by rain and wind. Reine Marie Henriette 

 produces its cherry-red buds of great size in pro- 

 fusion where the weather and exposure to the sun 

 are favorable ; but as one of these conditions is 

 so often unfavorable, it is well that in every large 

 garden there should be several specimens of this 

 free-blooming rose under different conditions of 

 exposure. 



These charming roses demand not a little care 

 even in Charleston. Their period of most profuse 

 blooming is followed by one of prostration ; and the 

 early summer is apt to be too dry for their ready 



recovery. Prof. Shepard has successfully endeav- 

 ored to counteract these difficulties by abundant 

 manuring in winter ; by supplying water to the 

 roots of the plants through a system of rather 

 superficial pipes with open joints, and a yet deeper 

 system for the removal of any stagnant water; and 

 by regular, persistent pruning several times a year, 

 whereby the dead and weak wood is removed. But 

 it is well to remember that, excepting the very vigor- 

 ous Reine Marie Henriette, none of the above-named 

 roses will bear haphazard pruning. One should 

 remove only the whole stem, beginning away back 

 at the main trunk. The clipping off of the ends of 

 the shoots is not permissible. The whole plant beams 

 with recommendation of its cultivator's method. 



THE TERRACE GARDEN OF MONTE-CARLO. 



ACCOUNT OF A 



LITTLE WORLD OF EVERGREEN 

 INTERESTING INFORMATION 



HE SEASON at Monte-Carlo 

 S ^ practically begins in the mid- 

 dle of December. The hotels, 

 which have been closed since 

 ^^^^ the preceding spring, open on 

 ^ "j December i to receive the 



"'^^a-. multitude of visitors who flock 

 from Paris to the Riviera. 

 While Nice is the society capital of the Riviera, 

 Monte-Carlo is the amusement capital of the whole 

 littoral. To strangers who have never been near 

 it there is a ring of romance about the name of 

 Monaco; but this disappears after a few weeks' ac- 

 quaintance with the place. 



Newspaper correspondents describe the weather in 

 the little state during December and January as like that 

 at Paris in May and June. So far as the middle of the 

 day is concerned, this is about true; but the evenings 

 are chilly and the nights often damp and cold. Then 

 there are occasional drizzling rainy days, three or four 

 in succession, when everything is wrapped in gloom 

 and one is forcibly reminded of disagresable English 

 weather. It is impossible then to get about without 

 being ankle-deep in mud, except on a few of the princi- 

 pal roads. 



There are fairly long stretches of fine days, and the 

 beds of roses everywhere seen are pleasant proofs of the 

 mildness of the climate. Workmen employed on the 

 gardens and on the numerous villas that dot the hill- 

 sides in all directions, take their noon nap on the bare 

 ground in the sun. 



Although nominally open all the year round, Monaco 

 is not a summer resort, though professional gamblers 

 are always at Monte-Carlo. From the towering heights 

 back of the principality the views are magnificent, but 



S AND TROPICAL PLANTS IN A LIMITED CORNER : 

 ABOUT A SMALL COUNTRY. 



there is not a single hotel on them; though there would 

 be a fortune in one. An essential requirement, however, 

 would be a railroad to the summit, and nobody cares to 

 shoulder the enormous cost. 



Quite a botanical garden encircles the magnificent 

 Casino, which is a salient spectacle viewed from the sea 

 or land. The grounds are really a horticultural museum 

 of evergreen trees, plants and shrubs. The directors 

 always seek plants which remain in foliage all the year 

 round, so that there should never be any sign of a fall 

 at Monte-Carlo. To secure as much variety as possible 

 they have imported specimens of evergreens from every 

 corner of the globe. Laying out the grounds and caring 

 for the plants, etc., have cost enormous sums. Not 

 many years ago the place was as wild and rocky as a 

 savage African coast ; and the marvelous change has 

 been effected mainly from the profits of the gambling 

 tables. Among the most noteworthy evergreens are 

 Pritchardiajilifera, Coccuhis laurif alius, menispermums 

 from Nepaul, Metrusideros albicans, myrtuses from 

 Australia, Aralia Hujnboldtiana , aralia " American Re- 

 public" — a beautiful tree with large leaves; Yucca baccaia, 

 Brachychiton populeum, apocynum — a native of Algeria ; 

 the small and scraggy Buddleia Lindleyana — scarcely 

 worth importation from Chili, the Nepaul boxacentris — 

 an ugly afiair consisting of a lot of wiry wood with scant 

 foliage ; Agave xalapensis, and thousands of others of a 

 cosmopolitan character. 



In another part of the grounds, forming a perma- 

 nent horticultural exposition, are Pittosporu7n Chinerse, 

 bright-leaved viburnums, Habrothatnnus Nigelli, sola- 

 nums, Casuarina stricta, Laguncra Patersoni, malvacese 

 from Norfolk Isle, Chamccrops humilis—sM interesting 

 palm from Africa; Bonapartca histrix glauca, bromel- 

 iaceae from Mexico, Senecio plalanif alius, Deeringia 

 celasaides, amarantaceae — resembling the speckled holly, 



