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which  he  saw  on  every  side.  I  think  it  gave  him  positive,  pain. 
“  Fancy,”  he  used  to  say  as  we  walked  along,  “  how  well  Phormium 
teDax  would  look  there!”  “There  is  the  very  best  possible  spot'for 
Osmunda  regalis.”  “  Paulownia  imperialis  would  be  at  home  in  this  place 
ways  ;  but  splendid  they  certainly  are  not  by  reason  of  the  floral  trea¬ 
sures  which  they  contain.  Let  but  only  common  justice  be  done  to  the 
Isle  of  Wight,  and  the  Garden  Isle  would  become  worthy  of  its  name  in 
a  far  higher  degree  than  is  at  present  the  case.  An  old  Roman  poet 
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at  once,”  and  so  on  ad  infinitum.  He  seemed  grieved  to  .find  great 
opportunities  thrown  away,  and  almost  the  same  thing  might  be  said  of 
many  splendid  gardens  in  all  parts  of  the  island,  for  splendid  they  very  often 
are  in  point  of  natural  beauty — the  sea,  and  their  environment  in  other 
'  bewailed  the  apathy  and  indifference  of  the  people  of  his  day  in  words 
which  are  not  at  all  out  of  place  in  this  island  : — “  0 fortunatos  nimium , 
sua  si  bona  norint  agricolce for  a  free  translation  of  them  might  run 
thus  : — “Wake  up  to  your  privileges.” 
