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loamy soil, and is quite bardy, though in hard winters much of the 

 young wood is killed back. 



Small-leaved elms. There are two exquisitely pretty elms suit- 

 able for the choicest gardens. They are called respectively Ulmus 

 viminalls and IT. v. variegata, the second being a variegated form of 

 the first. They form dwarf pendulous bushes, very dense, and full 

 of grace, with slender twiggy branches, and neat little birch-like 

 leaves. Any lover of such things would be sure to find pleasure in 

 them. 



Salix Americana pendtda. This, the so-called " American wil- 

 low," is in reality a British species. When worked as a standard it 

 forms one of the most elegant of all weeping-trees. The head grows 

 symmetrically, throwing out long whip-like arching shoots of a pale 

 red, clothed with small bluish green leaves. For a Ijijoi/, tree to 

 plant beside a fountain, there is nothing better. It also makes a nice 

 bush, but 1 have never seen it in nurseries in that form. However, 

 those who want bushes, and can wait for them, may raise any 

 quantity by putting in cuttings in winter : every cutting will root. 

 1 would undertake to raise enough from one tree, to begin with, in the 

 course of three years, to plant a hedge of it from London to York. 



Wee^oing poplar. There is in the English nurseries a weeping-tree 

 which is scarcely known amongst collectors of such things, though it 

 is the finest weeping-tree known. The name of it is Fopidus canescens 

 pendula. The growth is so truly pendulous that a tall standard will pro- 

 duce branches that in a few years will touch the ground and form a 

 sort of bell tent of beautiful leafage. Another nearly, if not quite as 

 good is Populus tremula pendula, a variety of the aspen poplar. Any 

 one wishing for a superb lawn tree, and having some aversion to 

 the weeping-ash (which is a true beauty, though London j^eople get 

 sick of it, because it is always planted in tavern gardens) may plant 

 either of these with perfect safety. To regret the deed is possible 

 only with a lover of pitchforks and corkscrews. 



Fern-leaved beech. The variety of Fagns sylvatica called liete- 

 rophjlla, has the leaves wevj finely and curiously divided. It is very 

 pretty, and what beech is not ? 



Silvery maple. The well known Acer pseudo-platanus foliis 

 argentea is the grandest of the variegated maples. It is well known, 

 and is one of the few beautiful trees that happens to be thoroughly 

 appreciated. How grand are some of these specimens at Stamford 

 Hill and Stoke Newington. Come and see them in May next, and 

 if unable to find them, call on me at 6, Lordship Terrace, and I'll be 

 your guide, with mere civility for wages. For a fine big tree to 

 light uj) a plantation, nothing better. 



Snowy Qnespjilus. The small growing, round-headed AmelancMer 

 totryapium is always neat and pretty. But see it in bloom, and say 

 the snow falls when the sun shines, and trees wear white gloves, 

 like judges who have nobody to hang. And that puts me in mind 

 of— 



The Judas Tree, which I grow as a bush six feet high, and six 

 feet through. In the spring it is tasselled with rosy pink flowers 

 all along the ripe wood, and for the rest of the summer it is like a 



