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drupacea; Cryptomeria japonica and Lobbii ; Junvperus canadensis, 

 caucausica, rigida, drupacea, excelsa, excelsa striata, argentea ; 

 Retinospora filifera, phnnosa, and squarrosa; Sequoia sempervirens ; 

 Taxus elegantissima, variegated silver and golden; Alaternus, two 

 varieties, green-leaved and variegated; Arbutus, several varieties; 

 Aucuba japonica, male and female; Azalea, six varieties; Buxus 

 (boxwood), several varieties not named; Daphne Laureola, s Meze- 

 reum, atropurpureum and alba ; Ilex, variegated hollies, twelve 

 varieties; Laurestinus, varieties; Ligustrum japonicum and ovali- 

 folium; Mahonia aquifolia and japonica; Pernettya floribunda 

 and mucronata ; Tamarix gallica ; Rhododendron (hybrid), twelve 

 varieties. Besides these, it is intended to introduce 100 named 

 varieties of rhododendrons during the incoming season. 



In the sixth line are specimens of Acer Negundo, rid/rum and 

 stricta; Betula as pleni 'folia, laciniata, pendula and populifolia, 

 varieties of double-flowering cherries ; Cratcegus (flowering thorns), 

 varieties, including coccinea, Douglasii, latifolia, Macnabiana, and 

 odoratissima, Paul's new double crimson, regince pendidie pur- 

 purea, single and double scarlet, double pink and white. These are 

 planted alternately with varieties of hollies, including Ilex angus- 

 tifolium, blotch-leaved, Dowingtonense, Dutch, Hodgensii, hedge- 

 hog, hybridum, latifolium, laurlfolia, myrti folium, nobilis, regina 

 (Queen), gold and silver, serratifolia, pictum, tricolor, Scotica, 

 yellow-berried, &c. ; Quercus austriacus, Fordii and Lucombi. In 

 the strip of mixed trees and shrubs between the sixth parallel line 

 and the belt of hardwood trees are, Acer campestre, austriacum, 

 circinatum, colchicum, Douglasii, eriocarpum, Leopoldii, macrophyl- 

 lum, monspessidanum, Neapolitana, opalifolium, pensylvanicum , 

 Pseudo-Platanus, burettia, purpurea, albo-variegata, Corstorphinr, 

 saccharinum, tartaricum; sEsculus (horse-chestnut) Hippocastanum 

 coccinea, flore pleno, rubra, spectabilis and rubicunda ; Alnus 

 americana, cordifolia, glutinosa, asplenifolia, Hudsonica, incana, 

 orientalis, ovata, semdata, &c. ; Amygdalis (almond) didcis, 

 p> ihmndata, persica flore pleno and alba; Betula (birch), several 

 varieties ; Carpinus (horn-beam) americana, betulus, heterophylla 

 and incisa ; Carya (hickory tree) alba and amara ; Castanea 

 (chestnut) Americana, vesca, asplenifolia, cochleata and crispa 

 variegata ; Cytisus (laburnum), several varieties; Fagus (beech) 

 asplenifolia, cristata, pendula, purpurea, &c. ; Fraxinus (ash) 

 Caroliniana, aurea, aucubcefolia, integrifolia, nigra, sambucifulia ; 

 Juglans (walnut); Liriodendron ttdipifera; Mcspllus (medlar); Moms 



