Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber’s Notes

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Hyphenation has been standardised.

THE FLOWERS AND GARDENS
OF MADEIRA

THE FLOWERS
AND
GARDENS OF MADEIRA

PAINTED BY
ELLA DU CANE

DESCRIBED BY
FLORENCE DU CANE

LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1909

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. INTRODUCTION 1

II. PORTUGUESE GARDENS 9

III. VILLA GARDENS TO THE WEST OF FUNCHAL 20

IV. VILLA GARDENS TO THE EAST OF FUNCHAL 39

V. VILLA GARDENS TO THE EAST OF FUNCHAL (_continued_) 54

VI. THE PALHEIRO 65

VII. CAMACHA AND THE MOUNT 76

VIII. A RAMBLE IN THE HIGHER ALTITUDES 83

IX. A RAMBLE ALONG THE COAST 97

X. CREEPERS 107

XI. TREES AND SHRUBS 118

XII. HISTORICAL SKETCH 133

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Loo Rock, Funchal _Frontispiece_

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2. A Drinking Fountain 4

3. Azaleas in a Portuguese Garden 14

4. Azaleas, Quinta Ilheos 18

5. Datura, Quinta Vigia 24

6. A Group of Senecio 26

7. Weigandia and Daisies 28

8. Cypress Avenue, Quinta Stanford 30

9. Aloes and Daisy Tree 34

10. Poinsettia on the Mount Road 38

11. The Scarlet Bougainvillea 40

12. Wistaria, Santa Luzia 42

13. Roses, Santa Luzia 48

14. Pride of Madeira and Peach Blossom 50

15. Quinta do Til 54

16. On the Torrinhas Road 64

17. Wistaria, Quinta da Levada 76

18. Red Aloes 96

19. Almond Blossom 102

20. Pride of Madeira and Daisies 104

21. The Purple Bougainvillea 106

22. Bignonia Venusta 110

23. Jackaranda Tree 124

24. A Chapel Doorway 132

THE

FLOWERS AND GARDENS OF MADEIRA