Du Cane, Florence, Du Cane, Ella · London, A. & C. Black · leaf 69
massing of shrubs and flowering trees has ina very few years well repaid the planter; somelarge clumps of weigandias, Astrqpea pendiflora,and bushes of common white marguerite daisies ofmammoth proportions give a broader effect than isusual in most Madeira gardens. To my mind, thevery greatest… … VILLA GARDENS WEST OF FUNCHAL 31 their absence in the landscape of Madeira is keenlyfelt. The Portuguese see no beauty in them, andonly connect them with death, for which reasonthey are scarcely ever seen except in cemeteries.From the astonishing growth which the youngtrees at Quinta Stanford have…
Flowers · Gardens
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