VISITS TO REMARKABLE GARDENS. 
room windows. The strong contrast of the two, the highly artistic character of the first, and the 
rich natural hcauties of the other, is very remarkable ; and one would hardly expect to find views in 
such strong contrast so closely associated. Kent, however, is a county rich in those natural beauties 
of " hill and dale, wood and waterfall," and Redleaf certainly stands upon one of its choicest and most 
lovelv spots. More extensive views may be found, as at Linton, but they are not so rich in contrast, 
neither are they so richly wooded, as at Redleaf. 
The first view is the Rock Garden, as seen from the lower part of the lawn, with the shrubbery 
and groups of American plants, advancing and retreating in the most natural and picturesque manner. 
One remarkable feature and beauty of this lawn is, that it is not intersected by walks of gravel, and 
in no part of the place are they obtrusive. In the Rock Garden the walks are formed of rough slabs 
of stone, so arranged as to have the appearance of cropping out naturally ; and they are so connected 
with the rock -beds and banks, as to cheat the observer with the beblef that they were not formed by 
man. The beds in this garden arc formed of large edgings of rough stone, many of the stones being 
covered with lichens and mosses, and rare Alpine plants and Ferns spread wildly over others. In one 
place the young glossy fronds of Osmundas, and other Ferns, may be seen growing in their native 
luxuriance, while close by large patches of Cypripedium Calceolus are blooming most magnificently. 
The plants in this garden have been selected so as to present considerable variety at all seasons, and 
even when they are all out of bloom, in the depth of winter, there is such a diversity of foliage and 
character of plants, as to give the place a very interesting appearance. Shrubs, especially of the 
choicer American kinds, abound in this garden, more especially upon the rocky precipices, and among 
them may be observed the wild Bramble, scrambling in native freedom among their branches. One 
of the most remarkable shrubs, and which covers an entire bed, is Juniperus Sabina repens, a plant 
which it is said formed the nightly couch of poor Douglas many times, when wandering in North 
America ; nor could a much better natural bed be found, for it is elastic as a spring-mattress, and 
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