Du Cane, Florence, Du Cane, Ella · London, A. & C. Black · leaf 121
nt symptomsof neglect. The name comes from a remarkablyfine til, one of the indigenous fo»est trees of theisland, which stands in the garden, ingens arbosfaciemque simillima lauro: it is, I believe, of thelaurel tribe. In the court, too, is an enormousold chestnut, the second largest in the island.… … ]iast*3s.Mi&/ VILLA GARDENS EAST OF FUNCHAL 55 plaster, as was no doubt intended originally. Pos-sibly the death of the original owner caused theproperty to change hands, and fall into the posses-sion of one who had no sympathy with costlygarden architecture. The garden has lost muchof its…
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