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group of plants, but we trust that that little will prove acceptable 

 to lily growers. 



We have only now, ia conclusion, to correct a slight error in 

 your October number. Our "ISTotes on Lilies," is priced at 2s. Sd., 

 not 2s. 2d. as stated, and may be procured from us direct, instead 

 of troubling Messrs. Bertram and Harrison, our printers. 



DISTINCTIVE LANDSCAPE TEEE3. 



BY JOHK MORRISON, 



Coneypark Nursery, Stirling. 



HE following is a list of such varieties of trees as I consider 

 suitable for giving a pleasing effect to the landscape dur- 

 ing different seasons : — 



The Ash {Fraximis excelsior), foliage shining green in 

 spring, green to yellow in autumn; golden ash {F. e. 

 aiirea),jeWow; aucuba-leaved ash {F. e.aucubifolia), yellowand green ; 

 entire-leaved ash {F. e. var.), green in spring, green to yellow in 

 autumn. The common ash is eo well known that little description of 

 it is required ; but the three last-named sorts here introduced contrast 

 so beautifully with it as to foliage, that they are worthy of remark 

 and a place in any collection. — The golden ash, displaying both in 

 wood and foliage the fine golden tint of autumn throughout the 

 season, is very conspicuous ; and the aucuba-leaved having beauti- 

 fully mottled-like foliage, is very attractive ; while the entire-leaved, 

 although having nothing uncommon as to colour, is nevertheless very 

 distinct and ornamental as regards shape of foliage. 



The Beech [Fagus sylvatica), foliage shining green in spring, 

 yellow in autumn; purple beech (F. s. purpurea), purple; large- 

 leaved beech {F. s. macrophyllnm), shining green in spring, yellow in 

 autumn. — The beech is a highly ornamental tree, both as to habit 

 and colour of foliage, and more especially the purple-leaved variety, 

 which is very attractive when planted either as single specimens or 

 in groups, care being taken that the other varieties of trees planted 

 near them be of as light a colour of green or yellow as possible. The 

 large-leaved variety is a much bolder-looking tree than the common, 

 and is worthy of distinction. There are several other varieties of 

 beech, such as the gold-striped or blotched-leaved, and the cut-leaved 

 or fern-leaved, but neither of these are sufHciently ornamental for 

 general purposes. 



The Birch {Betula alba), foliage bright green in spring, yellowish- 

 brown in autumn. — The beautiful birch hardly requires description. 

 There are few trees better known, and I believe none more generally 

 admired. The birch seems never out of place ; its fine pendulous 

 branches and pyramidal habit, with beautiful silver bark, render it 

 suitable alike for the flat or knowly lawn. It is equally at home on 



January. 



