Spasko Crimea Garden

465. Spasko is the country residence of Admiral Greig, near Nicholaef, in the Crimea. Here, by planting fruits and ornamental trees, the arid Scythian steppe has been changed into a beautiful garden. Though the soil of the steppe is covered with verdure, it is not of sufficient depth to bear trees; so that, in planting, a deep hole is required first to be dug in the calcareous rock, and then filled in with vegetable mould. ( Ibid.) Division iv. Public Gardens in Russia.