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yew, Taxus adpressa, the Dovaston weeping yew, and some conifer®. 

 such as pinus, abies, picea, &c. " What can be better," he says, " than 

 the Hedera Regneriana, or giant ivy, with its thick, dark leathery leaves 

 if there are fences, or rustic ornaments, to climb, or rockwork to scramble 

 over," and we would add, what can be more suitably mixed with this, or 

 the commoner dark-leaved ivies, than the hardy and fast-growing 

 Virginian creeper, which is now beginning to delight the eye with " a 

 fiery sunset on the leaves ? " Among flowering trees and shrubs to group 

 with Ehododendrons and Azaleas, Mr. Paul assigns high positions to the 

 scarlet and double-pink thorns, the white and red horse-chestnuts, the 

 laburnum, white broom, Wiegelia rosea, double-blossomed furze, tree-pajony, 

 guelder rose, and viburnum plicatum, and to these we would add hydran- 

 geas, cistus, helianthemums, fuchsias, spireas, syringas, and the elegant Ber- 

 beris Darwinii. "Next," he says, " we have, in the changing leaf of the 

 Azalea, rich, warm, glowing tints of autumn, which we seek also to extend. 

 What more beautiful than the semi-transparent, flame-like leaves of the 

 scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea) ? The champion oak (Q. rubra), is only a 

 little less beautiful than the preceding, the leaves, instead of scarlet, dying 

 of a fine blood-red. Place yourself under that liquid amber on a bright 

 day in autumn, and look through the tree at the sun ; the leaves are 

 purple, scarlet, green, and gold. Is it not a picture in itself, and one that 

 warms you to look upon ? The scarlet maple (Acer rubrum), is also a 

 beautiful tree in spring, summer, and autumn. The leaves of the stag's- 

 horn sumach (Rhus Typhina), change to a rich brown, and scarlet in 

 October, the tufts of feathery flowers often standing erect throughout the 

 winter months. There are also others here, as the tulip tree, the Norway 

 and sugar maples, the common ash, the common birch, the Venice sumach, 

 the Salisburia, Kolreuteria, and whose masses of golden foliage produce a 

 fine effect late in the year." A classification of shrubs, and trees, accord- 

 ing to their several foliage tints, gives us the following list of subjects : 

 Golden-leaved : Variegated Rhododendron ponticum, golden holly, au- 

 cuba japonica, golden yew, Thuia aurea, golden ivy, gold-edged periwinkle, 

 and, among deciduous trees, the golden elder, variegated Turkey oak, varie • 

 gated Spanish chestnut, aucuba-leaved ash, and variegated dogwood. — 

 White, or Silvery : Abies alba glauca, pinus monticolor, snow pine, glau- 

 cous juniper, silver juniper, variegated savin, Astragalus tragacantha, Jeru- 

 salem sage, and lavender cotton, all evergreen, and the best for winter use. 

 Tothese maybe added the following deciduous trees: Hippophas rhamnoides, 

 Elajagnus argentea, Acer negundo variegata, variegated syringa, Abele 

 poplar, willow-leaved pear, silver bramble, and, for undergrowth, striped 

 grass, and Senecio cineraria. "This colour," says Mr. Paul, " is'even'more 

 desirable in summer, on account of the idea of coolness which it imparts." 

 Purple : The real purple beech ; " but there are many varieties in the 

 country, with leaves of various shades ; the darkest is the best. The 

 black oak is a rare and elegant tree, worthy of general culture. Then 

 there is the purple maple, and the purple elm, and among shrubs of 

 smaller growth, the purple berberis, and purple nut, the golden flowers 

 of the former contrasting finely with its rich purple leaves in spring." 

 Pale Green : " For summer pictures, the deciduous cypress, the 

 Gleditschias, the one-leaved, and cut-leaved walnuts, the cut-leaved oak, 

 the fringe tree, the Venetian sumach, Coriaria myrtifolia, Hypericum 



