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a mile from the Eastern extremity of the town of Victoria. The Chinese gardeners and farmers are very skilful in utilizing uneven and sloping ground so as to admit of irrigation, and this is well shown in the Sookermpoo nursery.
In the left photograph are some corner groups of trees... which have been preserved by the villagers who were settled on this spot before our occupation of Hongkong. N.3 shows a spur of Mount Gough above the Kennedy Road and overlooking the harbour. All the trees on it have been planted within the last eight months. The Banyans on the left are about fifteen feet high: then come bamboos, indigenous oaks in the middle, and Pinus Sinensis on the right, about six feet high. The hill visible at the other side of the water is Chinese territory. N. 4 is an avenue at Bowrington of bamboos and eucalyptus pines planted five years ago by Mr. Ford. The pine trees on the hill behind the Forresters Lodge are a few of those that were on the Island when the British Flag was first raised. They are about forty feet high. No 5 shows Victoria Peak and some houses just behind Government House. The highest trees on the left are some of those planted in 1877. The darker mass lower down and just back of the houses are trees planted by Mr. Ford in 1895. The Peak Road runs...