PARKS 239 



Entering the University Park * at the North-West Lodge, the 

 path leads through a shrubbery, and on the right there may 

 be noticed an example of Cotoneaster montana, one of the 

 larger species of this genus which bears fine clusters of red 

 berries in autumn. Turning to the left, and following the 

 path that runs parallel to the back of Norham Gardens, 

 considerable numbers of Conifers are to be seen, although 

 nothing of special interest. The Weymouth Pines are very 

 much affected by a woolly Aphis which lives upon the bark 

 and brings the tree into an unhealthy condition. There 

 are some good groups of Mountain Pine, a species which 

 is met with towards the upper limits of tree-growth in 

 the mountains of Central and South-Eastern Europe. Of 

 this species, there are a large number of varieties, some of 

 which remain quite dwarf, while others attain to tree-like 

 proportions. 



On either side of the path are a number of interesting 

 plants. On the right is the compact-growing Ulmus montana 

 nana, and on the left, Pyrus riviolaris from N. America, and 

 a pendulous Mountain Ash. Further on are a number of 

 Oaks : on the right, an " Italian Oak," as the late President of 

 Trinity always called it, branching near the ground, one limb 

 girthing 3 ft. 3 in. ; on the left, ftuercus fastigiata, Q. Ilex 

 var., and standing back, the large-leaved CL coccinea (4 ft. 3 in.), 

 a specimen of that semi-evergreen Oak known as the Lucombe 

 Oak, which originated as a hybrid in a nursery in Exeter, 

 and lastly, the Cork Oak, ft. suber (3 ft. 9 in.), between two 

 large Box bushes. On the right is a Sea Buckthorn ? . A 

 good variety of the pendulous Beech is also to be seen there, 

 and a well-grown example of the Turkish Hazel, of which, 



* We are greatly indebted to Professor Somerville, the Secretary to 

 the Curators of the University Park, for the greater part of pages 239-242 

 on the trees of the Park. A few notes have been added from informa- 

 tion supplied by Mr. Mount. For the measurements, the compiler is 

 responsible. 



