Wellingtonia gigantea pendula vera. 



Amongst the many new find rare plants exhibited at the recent Inter- 

 national 8I10W at Carlisle, perhaps none attracted so mnch attention, or is 

 more likely to be songht after by all lovers oi" Coniferai, than the beantil'nl 

 specimen oi' the new weeping variety of WeU'inritonia f/igantea exhibited by 

 Messrs. Little and Ballantyne, of the Knowefield Nurseries, Carlisle. Our 



illustration is from a photograph of the plant taken in the autumn of 

 187G, but it hardly does justice to this really fine novelty as seen by us 

 in September last ; the original plant itself looking very much more 

 handsome, and displaying a vigour of growth and closeness of habit 

 equal to the best specimens of the common variety. This thoroughly 



