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as cultivated in this country, the descriptions 

 are necessarily brief, but nevertheless compre- 

 hensive ; while, as far as is consistent with a full 

 and clear explanation of each species, technical 

 terms have been avoided. Mr. A. Bruce Jackson 

 has very kindty revised the proofs as they passed 

 through the press. The illustrations are mainly 

 from special photographs of the Conifers at 

 Wobum Abbey which His Grace the Duke of 

 Bedford has kindly allowed me to make use of for 

 this work. That of the home nursery at Wobum, 

 which was laid out and planted by the writer in 

 1893, is particularly interesting. 



