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KoelretUeria paniculata^ a hardy Chinese tree, with beantiful leaves, flowers, 

 and firuit, and an interesting habit of growth. 



Liquidamler imlerhe, a maple-like tree of moderate growth, the leaves of which 

 die off in autumn a fine purplish-red. 



Flatanv.g acerifolia dijitaia, a fastigiate plane, very cnrious in its habit, 



JPlcUantis acerifolia jpyramiO.alit, the finest of the hardy planes for London 

 gardens, and for dry hot soils where such trees as elm, oak, and othere requiring a 

 deep moist loam do not thrive. 



FojjuluK canescenfs jiendula^ an exquisitely beautiful weeping tree. 



Populv^ iremula pendv.la, if possible more beautiful than the last. 



Flerocarya Caucasica, a low tree with glossy pinnated foliage. Very distinct 

 and fine for fchrubbery borders. 



Quercv^ cerrii pendula, a beautiful pendulous oak, and indispensable where 

 there are any pretensions made to ornamental arboriculture. 



Ehui jlalra, the sumach, is one of the most ornamental trees we possess, and 

 unequalled for its vivid scarlet colouring just before the leaves fall. 



Robinia pnetid-acacia, a well-known tree, remarkable for its elegant growth. Un- 

 fortunately, it makes more litter than any oti^er tree in our gardens. 



Saliihuria adiantifoUa, the elegant maiden-hair tree, a noble object for a wil- 

 derness walk or mound. 



Salix Americana pendula, remarkably graceful. 



Sallx caprea pendida, the Kilmarnock weeping willow ; a beautiful tree for 

 water scenes. 



Sophora Japonica penduluy the very perfection cf a weeping tree ; does not grow 

 to any great size. 



Tdia alba peniula, makes a bold weeping tree, sweeping the ground with its 

 ample foliage and gracefully pendant branches, 



Tilia Eur</p(Ba fol. argenteii has strikingly marked variegated foliage ; the 

 leaf has a small irregular dark green disk, and a broad creamy-white border. 



Tilia parvifolia fol. variegatii, leaves broadly margined with vrhite ; a fine 

 companion for the ghostly Acer negundo var. 



JJlrnus glabra pendula, a graceful weeping elm, which forms a most beautiful 

 specimen tree for lawns and wildernesses. 



Ulrnus montana pendula varlegata, a silver-striped weeping elm of great 

 beauty. 



jflmvA riminalis zariegata, a small-growing, slender-twigged variety, which 

 makes a pretty little pendulous tree. S. H. 



The Baeeeret Hedge. — A hedge plant, to become popular, must be perfectly 

 hardy and easy to propagate. It should also be vigorous enough to grow well 

 in ordinary toils without manure. It should be thorny, to keep cattle 

 from hooking it, and strong enough to keep them from breaking through 

 it. Finally, it should be low enough to require little or no pruning. The 

 common huTh-rry (Berbervt w.lgaris) combines these qualities better than 

 any plant that I am acquainted with. It is a remarkably hardy plant, thriving 

 well in a great variety of soils, and is said to live for centuries. It has a 

 shrubby habit (growing from six to ten feet in height), yellowish, thorny 

 wood, leaves in rosettes, yellow flowers on drooping racemes, and scarlet oblong 

 berries, very acid, but making delicious pres^-rves. We have a barberry hedge on 

 our ground* at Waliingford, Connecticut, 25 rods long, and nine years old, from 

 the seed. Two roi* s of plants were set, the rows one foot apart, and the plants one 

 foot apart in I he row; and set alternately, to break joints. This hedge has been 

 clipped a little two or three times to keep it even, and is now six or sev^n feet high, 

 with a firm, conrpnct base, perfectly imperviotis to the .<imaller animals, and stout 

 cnoHgh to torn ordinary farm stock, except for a short distance, at one end, where 

 the soil is quite thin. An important item in regard to this plant is its habit of 

 sending up suckers from the bottom, by which in a iaw years it comes to have a base 

 from six to twelve ioches in diameter. — American Paper. 



