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them before winter, which are thatched with Furze ; this, as Mr. Wells 

 informed us, has preserved several, many of which would otherwise have 

 been destroyed, and will be carried out till the trees attain a certain 

 height, when Mr. Wells calculates they will be then less liable to injury 

 from frost ; and, therefore, this Pinetum forms one of the best schools 

 for studying Coniferous plants to be met with. Our concluding remarks 

 will therefore be confined to a notice of what struck us in walking 

 through as most remarkable. 



Pinus Padufiana, a new two-leaved species from the Crimea, one 

 foot high, with the habit of a Scotch Pine, said to be, however, a very 

 distinct species. P. Pinaster variegata, with leaves of a dark golden 

 yellow, very showy, and well worth planting for effect. P. P. Esca- 

 renus, a strong growing variety of Pinaster, with very stout thick 

 leaves, distinct. P. Benthamiana : this is the king of the true Pinuses, 

 and a fine specimen is here in robust health. Teocote, 14 feet 

 high, noticeable for the red bark of its wood, making a striking contrast 

 with its foliage, as does also Pyrenaica, a much stronger grower than 

 Teocote, belonging, we believe, to the Laricio family. Llaveana is 

 striking, with its graceful branches, light coloured bark, and deep green, 

 short foliage. Japonica and Hardii were new to us — the latter we 

 think distinct. A good plant of Sinclairi, of which there is some doubt 

 about its being a really distinct species. Apulcensis, with long hair- 

 like leaves, striking. Skinneri, a fine and distinct species, of robust 

 habit, well worth planting. JMontezumee, the true variety, eight feet 

 high. Devoniana, ten feet ; this is protected each winter. Abies 

 Brunoniana, seven feet, a very fine and healthy young tree. A. glauca 

 alba, a striking variety of the white Spruce, with very silvery 

 foliage, distinct. A. mucronata, a species or variety remarkable for its 

 thick short leaves and the red bark of its young wood. A. c£erulea, a 

 distinct kind. A. nobilis : several fine healthy trees of this general 

 favourite. A, grandis : a fine young tree, with dense foliage of a dark 

 green. The plants originally planted here under this name are now 

 marked amabilis, notwithstanding which, we consider them to be the 

 true grandis of Lindley and Douglas. Amabilis is, in our opinion, 

 a very different plant. The plants now labelled grandis here, and 

 in some other places, have been obtained from Elvaston, and are so 

 called on the authority of Mr. Barron. What these may be we don't 

 pretend to say; they bear some resemblance to the plants above in 

 general appearance, but differ in the arrangement of the leaves on the 

 branches. The plant originally planted here as amabilis, of which, 

 however, we rather doubt the correctness, the original grandis and the 

 Elvaston grandis (so named by Barron) together with religiosa, Pichta, 

 Nordmanniana, and Frazeri), we compared specimens of, and found 

 them all distinct. 



Abies Pinsapo, 10 feet high, and as many in diameter : this truly 

 beautiful Fir is not so generally planted as it ought to be. A. Nord- 

 manniana, a free grower : this seems to thrive well in most situations, 

 preferring, however, deep rich soils. A fine specimen, and very 

 symmetrical plant, of Cryptomeria japonica, and also of Taxodium sem- 

 pervirens (21 feet high) ; both are superior and exceedingly fine 



