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salicifolia, Daphne laureola, Colletia cruciata, Arbutus rubra, 

 Aucuba vera nana and A. viridis, Buddleia globosa, Erica 

 coccinea and E. melanthera, Cupressus Lawsoniana and 0. 

 macrocarpa, Cedrus deodara, Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, 

 Deutzia scabra flore pleno, Spiraea confusa, Staphylaea colchica, 

 Photinia serrulata, Dracama indivisa, Escallonia macrantha, 

 Eleagnus longipes, Aralia Sieboldi variegata, Aloysia citriodora, 

 Chamrerops Fortunei, Yucca gloriosa, Camellia (Adrien Lebrun), 

 C. alba compacta, and C. alba plena. 



St. Claee Castle. 



These gardens are close to the sea, about one mile east of 

 Eyde. Amongst the most interesting plants we may mention 

 Edwardsia (Sophora) microphylla, which grows freely on a south 

 wall, is quite hardy, and never fails to bloom ; there is also a 

 fine specimen of Ilex latifolia over 20 feet high. This plant is 

 rather rare in the island. Photinia serrulata and glabra are fully 

 exposed to the sea-breezes, and do well; Potentilla fruticosa does 

 best in a sunny position : Diospyros virginiana, which has fruited 

 several times ; Eucalyptus Gunnii, which is much hardier than 

 E. globulus and E. cordata. In a garden near St. Clare there 

 is a specimen of E. Gunnii over 30 feet high, which lives and 

 grows vigorously amidst the gales and climatic changes 

 experienced on the north coast of the island. 



Mr. Meehan, the gardener at St. Clare, rightly considers it 

 folly to plant trees and shrubs of doubtful hardiness in warm 

 sheltered positions where the morning sun and the cutting east 

 winds can play on them, for by the former they are hurried into 

 growth prematurely, whilst by the latter the tender growth is 

 withered or dried up. The cause of the plants dying is generally 

 attributed to the unusual severity of the winter or to the tender- 

 ness of the plant ; but this, in nine cases out of ten, is a wrong 

 verdict. 



Magnolia grandiflora does well in all parts of the island ; the 

 Loquat (Eriobotrya Japonica) is grown with great success at St. 

 Clare. 



St. John's Vicarage, Ryde. 



The Rev. H. Ewbank possesses perhaps the finest collection 

 of rare trees and shrubs to be found in the Garden Isle. Through 



