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There are several majestic trees of this kind in Edgbaston Park, the trunks 

 of which, as well as the base of the branches, are closely set with small twigs, 

 giving to their muscular hmbs, when devoid of foliage, a singularly dense 

 appearance. Limes should form groups of themselves, or they may be 

 planted in the centre of groups of maples, or mingled with the English elm. 



The Common Hornbeam (Carpinus bctulusj is a pleasingly massive 

 twigged tree, as is also the cut-leaved variety, which is particularly handsome. 

 Either of them may be associated with the English elm, Turkey oak, or 

 beech, or form occasional groups of their own family. 



The Hemlock- Spruce (Abies Canadensis) is a most graceful and elegant, 

 low, evergreen tree ; and groups admirably with a larch in the centre, or with 

 a cut-leaved birch, or spruce fir, or cutdeaved beech. 



The Pine family is a most striking and interesting one. The species are 

 numerous and distinctly marked. The Scotch pine, (Pimts sylvcstris), although 

 much despised when young, is a most noble tree when old, especially if it has 

 had freedom of growth. Its ramified hmbs and clustering branches, with 

 their dense foliage, though of a sombre character, render it imposing and 

 picturesque, and the effects of light and shade which it presents are peculiarly 

 striking. The Pinus excelsa is a magnificent, rapid growing tree, having long, 

 light, silvery foliage, similar to the Weymouth pine. Both, indeed, are very 

 handsome, and group well with the Scotch fir, and others of the more inter- 

 esting kinds of the same family. Into the centre of such groups, the silver 

 fir, the larch, and the spruce, should occasionally be thrown ; and the common 

 oak, the alder, and the English elm, also introduced. While, however, a few 

 of the fir tribe are indispensable for the sake of beauty and effect, yet, in 

 consequence of their dense sombre appearance, very few groups, and especially 

 masses of tliem, should appear in a park. 



The Common Black and White Spruce Firs (Abies nigra et alba) are 

 pleasingly formed trees, and may, occasionally, with others of the family, be 

 well grouped with the larch, silver, or Balm of Gilead fir; or they may be 

 effectively mingled in a group of larches alone. 



The Silver Fir (Picea pectinate) is a very handsome, smooth-barked, 

 formal tree, having tiers of horizontal branches, densely covered with light 

 green, silvery foliage, stretching away in symmetrical order. It should, by all 



