16 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



the bill-side or among craggy recks, and will answer the grounds of 

 the palace or the limited plot attached to the cottage. 



Spanish Chestnut {Ca^fanm vcsca), foliage green in spring, 

 pale yellow in autumn; tSpanish chestnut, Knight's Prolific {Cas- 

 tanea v. Kviijlilii), shining green in spring, pale yellow in autumn. — 

 The Spanish chestnut will always take a prominent place in park 

 scenery, being a noble tree with fine foliage. Knight's Prolific is by 

 far the handsomest variety, being more upright in habit of growth, 

 and having most beautiful shining green foliage. 



House Chestnut {jEhcuIus hippocastanicvi), foliage dark green 

 in spring, brown in autumn ; horse chestnut (^JEsculus h. ruhicunda), 

 dark green in spring, brown in autumn. — The horse chestnut makes 

 most admirable specimens, having broad-set, half-pyramidal heads; 

 and when the scarlet-flowering are planted side by side with the 

 white-flowering or common, while in flower, are truly pretty. Add 

 a lime tree to the group as a background, and the picture is com- 

 plete. The rich golden tints of the lime harmonize with the brown 

 of the chestnut, and the formation of head of each sort dovetail them, 

 as it were, together. 



The Elm {Jjhaus montana), foliage dark green in spring, brown 

 in autumn ; purple elm (Ulmus m. purpurea), purple and green iu 

 spring, brownish in autumn ; upright elm {Ulmus m. /"astigiata), 

 green; English elm (?7/m«5 campestris), green in spring, yellow in 

 autumn; cork-barked elm {TJImus c. suherosa), green in spring, 

 yellow in autumn. — The elm holds a prominent place in most collec- 

 tions, and deservedly so, for if properly trimmed when young, few 

 trees can compare with it either as single specimens or for forming 

 an avenue. The upright variety is very striking and pretty. "The 

 purple elm is only so on tlie back of the leaf, but its roughness pre- 

 vents the colour being shown to the extent desired. The cork-barked 

 and common English elm make fine specimens, and are very eflec- 

 tive, the smallness of their foliage having a pleasing contrast with 

 montana. 



Cypress, deciduous {Taxodlum disiichim), foliage pale green in 

 spring, brown in autumn. — The beautiful fern-like foliage of this 

 tree gives it a first claim for ornamental planting. It makes a fine 

 specimen as to shape, and its Ibliage is truly lovely. It thrives best 

 when somewhat sheltered, and in a lather deep and moist soil. 



Labuenum, Scotch {Gyiisus L. Alpinus), foliage shining green 

 in spring, yellow in autumn; laburnum, common (^Cytisiis Lahurnurti), 

 green in spring, yellow in autumn; laburnum, purple (Cytisiis Jj. 

 purpiireum), green in spring, yellow in autumn. — The laburnums 

 are well known and highly ornamental, their foliage in September 

 and October being nearly as brilliant as their flowers are in early 

 summer. The purple variety is very striking, often having purple 

 and yellow flowers on the Siime trees. The above three varieties 

 ought to be strewn about the outskirts of pleasure-grounds, and are 

 extremely pleasing when seen from a short distance. 



Lime Teee {Tilia Europcoa), foliage pale green in spring, yellow 

 in autumn, — The lime is a tree of great excellence, making most 

 handsome specimens of pyramidal shape when planted singly. They 



