23 ARPORETUM NOTES. 
HAMAMELIDEZ:. 
Bentham and Hooker. 
LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA. 
Loudon v. 4, 2049. 
Liquidambar Several flourishing trees of Liquidambar planted 
styracifiua” by my father in 1825 or 1826. The largest by 
far is near the south east corner of the pleasure 
ground, backed by taller trees; it must be near 
forty feet high, and is in every respect a very fine 
and vigorous tree. 
One by the side of the main walk opposite to 
the south west corner of the house, a small, but 
flourishing tree, is conspicuous for the beauty of 
its crimson autumn colouring, and for being always 
the first to change colour. There are two or three 
others about the lawn, and two or three in the 
arboretum. But no one of these Liquidambars at 
Barton, though they are above forty years old, has 
ever shown any inclination to flower. 
The Liquidambar, in all the specimens here, 
forms a tree with a distinétly pyramidal head. 
The bark of the main stem is remarkably rugged, 
that of the branches (when they are more than 
two or three years old) peculiarly corky, rising 
into odd looking, irregular fungous lumps and 
ridges of corky cellular tissue. The foliage, 
beautiful in summer, from its gloss and bright 
yellow-green color, but much more so in autumn, 
when the leaves assume the richest variety of 
purple, crimson, orange and yellow tints, excelling 
