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large well-furnished tree, which seems to be quite at home in 

 " The Garden of England," as Kent is designated. It is growing 

 on the greensward within a few yards of the wall of Holly dale 

 garden, and in a partially sheltered situation. When studded 

 with its deliciously fragi-ant flowers, this tree is an object of much, 

 admiration. The height is 52 feet- girth at 3 feet and 5 feet 

 fi'om the ground 5 feet 1 1 inches and 5 feet 9 inches ; diameter of 

 branches 45 feet. 



No. 34. The Umbrella Magnolia {Magnolia tripetala).— The 

 leaves of this curious and handsome species are unusually large, 

 and of a pleasing light green above, paler beneath, while the 

 flowers are white, and produced about midsummer. About 14 

 inches is the average length of the leaves, while they are fully 

 5 inches in bi^eadth. The largest plant of this magnolia is 

 growing within half-a-dozen yards of the M. cordata above 

 described. 



No. 35. The Mexican Deciduous Cypress (Taxodium Mexi- 

 canum) is not a tree that may be relied upon as perfectly hardy 

 in this country. At Holly dale, growing on the lawn, there is 

 a fairly good tree, straight as an arrow, and fully 35 feet in 

 height, with a stem girthing 3 feet 3 inches at a yard from the 

 ground. During early summer this is a tree of great beauty, the 

 light fulvous green foliage being pleasing almost beyond descrip- 

 tion. In autumn again it turns of a lovely pinky hue, and 

 associates well with the majority of our forest trees whose foliage 

 at that season is of a waning yellow. 



No. 36. The Tree Box (Buxus semj)ervirens arhorescens) has, in 

 the grounds at Keston Lodge, attained to a height of fully 30 feet, 

 and with a spread of branches 18 feet in diameter. The position 

 in which it is planted is well sheltered, while the soil is a dampish 

 loam incumbent on gravel. 



