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shrubs; the fourth line, on the other side of the walk, is similar to 

 the third, and the fifth line to the second. The sixth line is com- 

 posed of hollies, hawthorns, and some of the newer varieties of 

 dwarf-growing deciduous trees. A portion near to the centre being 

 broader than the average, the fifth and sixth parallel lines are 

 slightly deviated from. Between the parallel lines and the hard- 

 wood belt on the north-east side is a strip of mixed trees and shrubs 

 planted closer than the others, to form a background and screen from 

 the old belt. 



In the parallel lines the plants are 15 feet apart, and generally single 

 specimens, except some of the smaller varieties, which are in groups 

 of three or four plants. The whole are arranged so that the shrubs 

 and dwarf varieties may be grown as underwood, and the larger 

 varieties allowed sufficient space for development. 



The first or outside line contains specimens of Berberis Daricinii, 

 dulcis, and vulgaris; Comics (dogwood) alba, mascula, variegata, 

 sanguined ; Cotoneaster Simonsii ; Deutzia corymbosa and scabra ; 

 Genista, varieties ; Hippophae rhamnoides (buckthorn) and salici- 

 folia ; Leycesteria formosa ; Lonicera xylosteum, and tartarica ; 

 Philadelphia coronarius, grandiflorus, latifolius, nanus, verrucosus, 

 and Zeyheri; Potentilla fruticosa, Ribes aureum, Menziesii, Bangui- 

 neum, atro-sanguineum, and fiore albo ; Sjrinea adiantifolia, ariai- 

 folia, callosa, corymbosa, Douglasii, Foxii, and opulifolia ; Sym- 

 phoricarpus occidentals and racemosus; Syringa Josikma, persica, 

 alba, Charlemagne, Charles X., grandiflora, Triomphe d 1 Orleans, 

 and Prince Nottiger ; Viburnum Opulus, rosea, and sterilis, double 

 Guelder rose. 



The second and fifth lines and the broad portion in the centre are 

 composed of specimens of Abies Albert iana, canadensis, Douglasii, 

 excelsa, firm a, inverta, monstrosa, pendula, Menziesii, orientalis, 

 Smithiana; Araucaria imbricata ; Biota orientalis ; Cedrus atlan- 

 lica, Deodara and Libani ; Cupressus Lawsoniana, stricta, macro- 

 carpa, and nutkaensis ; Juniperus chinensis, hibernica, and recurva; 

 Picea amabUis, bracteata, Cephalonica. Fraseri, grandis, lasiocarpa, 

 magnifica, nobilis, Nordmanniana,Pichta, Pinsapo; Pinus austriaca, 

 Beuthamiana, Cembra, excelsa, Laricio, and ponderosa; Retinospora 

 obtusa, and pisifera; Wellingtonia gigantea and variegata; Taxus 

 fastigiata and Nidpathensis ; Thuja gigantea, Lobii, occidentalis, and 

 Warreana. 



In the third and fourth line on each side of the walk are Abies 

 clanbrasiliana ; Biota aurea and elegantissima ; Cephalotaxus 



