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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
SEPTEMBER I, 1902. 
mandarins, pittosporum, and stercuia. Any ~ 
thing like monotony of foliage is relieved 
by a fine spreading specimen of the Phoenix 
Reclinata Palm. All this to the right can 
be taken in from the view at the fountain in 
the centre of the pictures, in which Mr. 
Brookman will tell you that all the children 
in the neighbourhood have dipped them- 
selves accidently, or otherwise. 
The centre lawn with the fountain in the 
foreground is planted with two pairs of 
Pritchardia (named after W. T. Pritchard, 
author of Polynesian Reminiscences) fila- 
mentosa palms on each side of the Phcenix 
reclinata in the centre. Fourteen years ago 
these palms were taken out of 6inch pots, 
and planted where they now stand with their 
present butts of 11 feet in circumference. ~ If 
the difficulty of taking in these statements 
might be a justification for doubting their 
veracity our first picture of the house is 
taken with an apparatus which does not 
lie (so it is said), and the palms can hardly 
be seen therein. 
Now having walked somewhat in wonder- 
ment around the right side of the drive to 
the corner of the house, Mr. Brookman calls 
attention to a Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria 
excelsa), which was planted when 12 ft. high 
at the same time as the palms, and ‘notwith- 
standing that one night rude Boreas broke 
off 8 ft. of his topgrowth has now attained a 
height of some 30ft. This majestic tree 
stands at the rear of a bowling green of 
mixed rye grass and couch, (Triticum repens), 
looking beautifully green in the winter with 
the rye and equally fresh in the summer 
with the couch. Flanking this is a row of 
Elms (Ulmus campestris), Silver Poplars 
(populus) and white Cedars (Cedrus Atlan- 
tica), and one or two of Peppers (Schinus 
Molle). Beyond this are the orchard and 
kitchen garden. 
Passing in front of the house, and to the 
left of the picture- we enter the fern house, 
with artistic rockery of Murray river stones 
beautified by ferns and graceful and beautiful 
foliage plants looking fresh in the constant 
dripping of water, and setting off the limpid 
pools, where golden fish move in _ their 
rhythmic courses. Space forbids us to linger 
here, but in passing out Mr. Brookman 
points out a little palm sent to him from 
Central Australia which is waiting for a 
botanist to name for him. Passing down 
the walk on the left of the picture, and 
towards the entrance, we first notice a fine 
specimen of the Carob tree (Ceratonia 
siliqua), pods of which he uses in the feed 
for his first prize carriage horses in the 
splendidly kept stables, at the rear of the 
house. The border of the side walk is 
wholly taken up with a fine array of zonal 
pelargoniums of infinite variety. The eye 
is naturally arrested by the palms again and 
they are all splendid specimens of Phoenix 
(Greek name of the date palm) dactylifera, 
chamaerops (chamai, dwarf, and thops, a 
twig—fan palms) excelsa, C. humilis, C. for- 
tunei, and Corypha—fan palm (from Koryphe, 
the summit, leaves growing on the top) 
Australis. Passing by a circular bed can be 
noticed'a ring of Cannas—Indian shot (the 
Celtic name for a cane, or reed) which 
Mr Brookman was one of the first to intro- 
due some few years ago. 
The visitor may linger long upon many, 
features of special interest in this garden, 
and as he again approaches the entrance 
gates of “Ivanhoe” he must needs con- 
gratulate the owner of the grounds upon an 
interesting and diversified garden, which is 
evidently to him ‘‘a joy for ever.” 
PALMS. 2 
BOD 
Our illustration, kindly lent by Messrs. J. L. Bonython & Co., gives an idea of one corner of what is perhaps the largest Palm Conserva- 
tory in Australia. 
The construction of the place is the simplest thing imaginable, the architecture consisting of uprights, crossbeams, and 
flat roof of laths, This simple design appears to serve Mr. Sewell’s purpose well enough. On the left side of the footway, immediately 
in front of the fine specimen of Staghorn (Platycerium Grande), is a strong plant of the increasingly popular Pritchardia Filmanentoa, 
In the centre of the picture, on the right of the path, is a Phcenix Reclinata, 
surrounded by plants of Kentia Forsteriana. 
In the right 
foreground is seen a specimen of Eucephartos Alstentia (native of the Cape), and that on the extreme right is Belmoreana, species of 
Kentia, ‘The visitor to this nursery can wander in and out, up and down for hours amongst ever-changing varieties of Palms and ferns, 
and wonder why they are not more popular with small garden growers, because of their healthy hardihccd and quick-growing powers, 
