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Amongst other plants worthy of mention are Cotoneaster 

 Simonsii, Photinia japonica, Clerodendron fretidum, Clematis 

 Davidiana, Caryopteris mastacanthus, Fuchsia Riccartoni, and 

 Coronilla Emerus. 



Osbokne House. 



In the Queen's gardens at Osborne are to be found some very 

 interesting trees and shrubs. On the north coast of the island, 

 and with a gentle slope towards the sea, plants seem to do well 

 with little or no protection, Camellias in particular. There is a 

 large tree of Liriodendron tulipifera and fine healthy specimens 

 of Garrya MacFadyani, Berberis Darwinii, Bupleurum frutico- 

 sum, Griselinia littoralis, Callistemon viridiflorum, Fagus Cun- 

 ninghamii (Evergreen Beech), Myrica Californica, and Colletia 

 spinosa. 



Amongst the most interesting trees planted as memorials we 

 may mention Tilia Europea, which was planted by Her Majesty 

 in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee, on July 28, 1897. 

 Princess Beatrice also planted a Fagus cuprea in commemoration 

 of that event. 



H.E.H. the Prince Consort planted a Magnolia grandiflora 

 in the flower garden on March 10, 1846, which is doing 

 remarkably well. 



H.S.H. Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha planted, 

 August 2, 1850, a Pavia californica ; and on October 2G in the 

 same year a Torreya nucifera was planted in memory of Louise, 

 Queen of the Belgians. 



On June 30, 1851, Leopold L, King of the Belgians, planted 

 a Mahonia nepalensis. 



In May 1861, H.E.H. the Duchess of Kent planted a Podocar- 

 pus andina ; whilst on August 3 in the same year H.R.H. Prince 

 Frederick William of Prussia planted a Torreya Myristica. 



On February 10, 1862, Her Majesty the Queen planted at the 

 Swiss Cottage for H.R.H. the Prince Consort a Sciadopitys 

 verticillata (the Umbrella Pine). 



On August 6, 1873, H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh planted 

 a Prumnopitys elegans. 



Her Majesty the Queen planted at Swiss Cottage, on Feb- 

 ruary 18, 1878, a Myrtle (in honour of the marriage of her 

 grand-daughter, Princess Charlotte of Prussia), grown from a 



