. The book of Ceylon; being a guide to its railway system and an account of its varied attractions for the vistor and tourist . 367. THE LAKE: PERADENIYA 36S. MALACCA BAMBOO. THE H(K)K Ol- Li:\LC).\ 263 an entire absence of formal arrangement, but the beautiful •^^ Lineundulation of the land produces a grand effect—a garden and (tJtniyapark combined, under conditions the most favourable for Nature asserts herself almost uncontrolled; she gi\esus grandeur of form, wealth of foliage, exuberance of growth,and splendour of colour—unfading beauties, but of a quitediflercnt kind
. The book of Ceylon; being a guide to its railway system and an account of its varied attractions for the vistor and tourist . 367. THE LAKE: PERADENIYA 36S. MALACCA BAMBOO. THE H(K)K Ol- Li:\LC).\ 263 an entire absence of formal arrangement, but the beautiful •^^ Lineundulation of the land produces a grand effect—a garden and (tJtniyapark combined, under conditions the most favourable for Nature asserts herself almost uncontrolled; she gi\esus grandeur of form, wealth of foliage, exuberance of growth,and splendour of colour—unfading beauties, but of a quitediflercnt kind from those of the sweet summer llower-gardensor the well-kept stoves and greenhouses of England. C)fcourse the primary object of the garden is scientific instruction,but the picturesque must have been kept well in view in plant-ing the groups of trees and arranging the various families ofplants. If we turn to the left along Lake Road we shall notice LnkeRo.^dmany lofty and ornamental trees; amongst them the Amherstianobilis, from Burma, while many are completely shroudedin flowering creepers which trail in graceful forms from greatheights (Plate 372).
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