ClIAP. X. 



HOWQUA'S GARDEN. 



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striking to a stranger who sees it for the first 

 time. Looking " right ahead," as sailors say, 

 there is a long and narrow paved walk lined on 

 each side with plants in pots. This view is 

 broken, and apparently lengthened, by means of 

 an octagon arch which is thrown across, and 

 beyond that a kind of alcove covers the pathway. 

 Rnnning parallel with the walk, and on each side 

 behind the plants, are low walls of ornamental 

 brickwork, latticed so that the ponds or small 

 lakes which are on each side can be seen. Alto- 

 gether the octagon arch, the alcove, the pretty 

 ornamental flower-pots, and the water on each 

 side, has a striking effect, and is thoroughly 

 Chinese. 



The plants consist of good specimens of southern 

 Chinese things, all well known in England, such, 

 for example, as Cymbidium sinense, Olea fragrans, 

 oranges, roses, camellias, magnolias, &c., and, of 

 course, a multitude of dwarf trees, without which 

 no Chinese garden would be considered complete. 

 In the alcove alluded to there are some nice stone 

 seats, which look cool in a climate like that of 

 southern China. The floor of this building is 

 raised a few feet above the ground-level, so that 

 the visitor gets a good view of the water and 

 other objects of interest in the garden. That this 

 is a favourite lounge and smoking-place with the 

 Cliinese, the following Chinese notice, which we 

 found on one of the pillars, will testify : — " A 

 careful and earnest notice ; This garden earnestly 



