. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . with a richarboreous growth, the mansion is placed(fig. 1). Though situated in this valley, theplace is 280 feet above the sea-level, and isscreened by the hills both from the pre-vailing south-west winds as well as from thenorth and east. ing Orange garden is on a raised terracefacing south, and at right angles with thefront of the mansion. It consists of a longwall formed of light Tudor-shaped archesor recesses, each about 15 feet wide and ofsimilar height, the recesses being about1 foot deep. It
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . with a richarboreous growth, the mansion is placed(fig. 1). Though situated in this valley, theplace is 280 feet above the sea-level, and isscreened by the hills both from the pre-vailing south-west winds as well as from thenorth and east. ing Orange garden is on a raised terracefacing south, and at right angles with thefront of the mansion. It consists of a longwall formed of light Tudor-shaped archesor recesses, each about 15 feet wide and ofsimilar height, the recesses being about1 foot deep. It is in these recesses that theplants are trained flat against the walls (seefig. 2). The bay or arch occupied by the old uniformly grown plants of Retinosporaobtusa var. aurea (see fig. 2). On the slopebehind the Citrus wall, which is the lowerpart of the pleasure-ground, jotted about inpositions amongst other shrubs, are somevery fine bushes of Hydrangea, completelycovered with flowers of the most intenseblue, the probable cause of which has beenso frequently discussed of late in the pages. Fig. 2.—combe royal: the orange garden. The Okange Garden! Though Combe Royal has many attractionsfor the lover of trees and shrub?, its popu-larity lies in its successful culture of plantsof the Citrus genus, the luxuriance andfruitfulness of which are most striking, andare said not to be equalled in England,when it is remembered that no protectionis afforded them beyond the walls uponwhich they arc trained and the use of reedblinds during the coldest winter nights. One Seville Orange tree, from which Iwas informed large quantities of fruit areannually gathered, is traditionally stated tobe 250 years old. This peculiar and interest- Seville Orange referred to above had upon it,at the time of my visit, about 200 fruits ofall sizes, from that of a pea to a full-grownyellow-skinned ripened Orange. I was in-formed by Mr. Horsman, the gardener, thatall the varieties fruit abundantly, except th
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