TREES AND SHRUBS IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 
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Amongst other plants worthy of mention are Cotoneaster 
Simonsii, Photinia japonica, Clerodenclron fcetidum, Clematis 
Davidiana, Caryopteris mastacanthus, Fuchsia Riccartoni, and 
Coronilla Emerus. 
Osborne 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 seeip 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.R.H. the Prince Consort planted a Magnolia grandiflora 
in the flower garden on March 10, 1846, which is doing 
remarkably well. 
H.S.IJ. Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and .Gotha planted, 
August 2, 1850, a Pavia californica ; and on October 26 in the 
same year a Torreya nucifera was planted in memory of Louise, 
Queen of the Belgians. 
On June 80, 1851, Leopold I., King of the Belgians, planted 
a Mahonia nepalensis. 
In May 1861, H.B.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, 1878, 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 
