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The flowers and gardens of Madeira (1909)

Du Cane, Florence, Du Cane, Ella · London, A. & C. Black · leaf 151

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l which, though nowneglected, stUl shows how it was once well caredfor. Though the turf is no longer mown, and thebox hedges have lost some of their trimness, thebeds are still full of what were once treasured plants.The rose-garden no longer sees the knife of thepruner, but the trees grow and… … CAMACHA AND THE MOUNT 77 who know nothing of the art of gardening. Inspring the garden was full of jonquils and narcissi,and later on sparaxis and ixias. Near the housegreat bushes of Romneya coultefi were coveredwith their delicate white poppy-like flowers insummer. The plant seemed to have…

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