EVERGREENS. 139 



need description ; no evergreens form better standards 

 in imitation of orange trees. This species has been 

 employed with excellent effect as accessories to the 

 Italian style of gardening at Trentham, a seat of the 

 Duke of Sutherland. How much our gardens are 

 indebted to it as an evergreen is patent enough. 



CHAMJEROPS. Li 



CHAM^EOPS EXCELSA. 

 (Tall Fan Palm.) 



A hardy palm from the hills of Northern China, 

 where it grows thirty feet high, and, besides being a 

 very handsome tree, is employed for many useful pur- 

 poses by the natives. As an addition to our hardy 

 plants it is very novel and interesting, and will no doubt 

 succeed well in most parts of Great Britain. 



CHAM^ROPS HUMILIS. Lirwceus. 

 (Dwarf Fan Palm.) 



Another hardy species from the mountains of 

 Southern Europe, and perfectly hardy in this country* 

 A specimen has stood many years in the Botanic 

 Garden, Edinburgh. It resembles the last in general 

 appearance, but the leaves are smaller. 



