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are finely adapted for a screen, or as an avenue line, and have a 

 pleasing effect on the landscape in autumn, their beautiful yellow- 

 foliage then contrasting favourably with most other trees. 



LocTJST Tree — Acacia (liohiiiia j^seudo-acacia), foliage green in 

 spring, yellow in autumn. — The acacia is of rapid growth, and com- 

 paratively hardy, and shows in pleasing contrast with most other 

 trees. 



Maple, striped barked (Acer striafum), foliage green, tinged 

 with yellow, in spring, pale yellow in autumn ; Maple, large-leaved 

 (A. mac7'ophyllum), brownish-green in spring, brown in autumn ; 

 Maple, Norway {A. platanoides), bright yellow in spring, yellow and. 

 purple in autumn ; Maple {A. Pennsylvanicum) , beautiful yellow in 

 spring, reddish-yellow in autumn ; Maple, silver {A. negimdo fol. 

 zjariev/ffl/a), silvery- white in spring, white in autumn; Maple, Syca- 

 more {A. pseudo-plataims), pale green in spring, brown in autumn ; 

 Maple, variegated {A. p.-p. varlegata), striped. ; Maple, purple (A. 

 p.-p. purptirea), purple in spring, purple and brown in autumn. — 

 Among all our ornamental trees there is no tribe more worthy of 

 cultivation than the Acers, with their most beautiful, varied, and 

 fantastically-cut foliage, comprising all the shades of green, yellow, 

 •white, striped, red, and purple. They are attractive in the highest 

 degree, and readily adapt themselves to various soils and situations ; 

 ■while some of the varieties are of very rapid growth, such as macro- 

 phyllum, platanoides, rubrum, and the sycamore. They ought to be 

 much more extensively cultivated than they appear to be ; indeed, 

 no ornamental planting is complete without a sprinkling of the 

 Acers. 



Oak, English (Qnercus rolur^, foliage bright yellow in spring, 

 brownish in autumn ; 0;ik, scarlet {Q. coccinea), sulphur-yellow in 

 spring, purple and scarlet in autumn ; Oak, Turkey (Q- cerris), 

 green in spring, greenish-brown in autumn ; Oak, variegated Turkey 

 {Q.. c. varieqata), silver-striped. — The oak is among trees what the 

 lion is among beasts — the monarch of the forest, and has associated 

 with it all that is grand, noble, and majestic. Being so well known, 

 anything like a particular description is perhaps unnecessary. The 

 Britisli oak is an ornamental tree of the highest order as to spe- 

 cimen ; and, when unfolding their bright yellow leaves in May, the 

 trees are objects of increasing beauty. The scarlet oak has a higher 

 claim on account of the loveliness of its foliage, and retains the fine 

 pale yellow colour of leaf during the month of June, changing to 

 purple and scarlet in September and October. The Turke}- oak, 

 with its bright shining green and finely-carved foliage, makes a very 

 graceful tree ; and the silver-striped variety, with the same shining 

 green and clear silver lacing, has a most cheerful appearance. There 

 are several other varieties of the oak which might have been named 

 and described ; but the three last-mentioned, being sufficiently dis- 

 similar in foliage, and handsome as i^pccimens, will serve the purpose 

 of this paper. 



Oeikstal Plane [Platanus orienfaUs), foliage grey-green in 

 spring, brownish in autumn ; AVestern Plane (Platamts occideii{alis)y 

 dull green in spring, brown in autumn. — The planes are the mo^t 



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