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THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
direction of north and south, with the river Eden, which afterwards 
becomes the Medway, running through the bottom. The varied undu¬ 
lations of the ground at Redleaf, and the beauty of the aged thorns and 
oaks, which lie scattered about in a most picturesque manner, and which 
are the remains of a natural wood, give a wild and romantic character to 
the scene admirably adapted to the introduction of groups of rocks. 
These rocks are not disposed according to any fixed plan, like those of 
Lady Broughton, but they are all intended to appear to rise out of the 
ground naturally. To produce this effect, a preparation is made by sink¬ 
ing a few stones in the ground, so as only just to appear above the 
surface; next a few stones appear only half rising above the ground; 
and these are succeeded by other stones lying on the surface, but thrown 
together so as to form a picturesque mass, as shown in Jig. 19. 
Near the house is an excavation eight or ten feet deep, forming a rocky 
precipice on the side next the house, as shown in Jig. 20. This is in fact 
the remains of a stone quarry, from which the stones ’were taken which 
are used in the other parts of the grounds. At the base of this precipice 
is a kind of garden called the rocky hollow, in which the rocks are so 
arranged as to form beds for flowers, the earth constituting the bed being 
placed in the hollows formed between the stones. The effect produced by 
this rock-garden is very singular, as it is completely hidden from the 
house though close to it. The stranger, indeed, who sees Redleaf for the 
first time, will probably be surprised at there being no appearance of a 
flower-garden near the house; but advancing by a rocky path, which is 
always dry, and of which a slight indication may be seen on the left of 
Jig. 20, he will find himself unexpectedly amidst a select collection 
of beautiful flowers. The plants in the rocky beds are mostly half-hardy, 
and consist of Fuchsias, Myrtles, and other greenhouse or frame ornamental 
shrubs, intermingled with some of the more showy climbers, such as 
Maurandya Barclay ana, Lophospermum erubescens , Rhodochiton volubile , 
&c. The other plants in the rocky beds consist of the Californian and 
other showy annuals, Calceolarias, Petunias, Lobelias, and a great number 
of Pelargoniums. Near the masses of rocks are Magnolias, Rhododen¬ 
drons, and Azaleas, several of the latter being planted in the fissures of 
the rocky precipice. There are also fine specimens of several kinds of 
Berberis and Mahonia, and of Garrya elliptica. Some of the beds con¬ 
tain only specimens of the dwarf small-leaved Cotoneasters, such as 
Cotoneaster uva-ursi and rotundifolia; and one bed is entirely covered 
with a magnificent specimen of Juniperus Sabina repens , which forms a 
thick elastic mass, like heath. When Douglas, the botanical collector, 
visited Redleaf, he was so delighted at the sight of this Juniper, that 
