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however, there is a much better specimen in the Botanic 

 Garden. Near by is Acer tartarica. The ground between 

 this path and Norham Gardens appears to be well suited to 

 the growth of trees, as is evidenced by the fine tall speci- 

 mens of Elms and Lombardy Poplars, the latter no doubt 

 having been planted as nurses, whose removal had been 

 neglected as the better trees grew up. Several varieties of 

 Elms may be seen here, including the fine Camperdown 

 Weeping Elm, girthing 2 ft. 7 in., Ulmus glabra pendula^ and 

 others. At the point where the path diverges to the left 

 to the exit at the foot of Norham Gardens, there is a fine 

 specimen of Planera Richardi, otherwise known as Zelkova 

 crenata, which at breast-height girths 6 ft. 6 in. There is, 

 however, a larger specimen of this tree on the south-east side 

 of Christ Church Meadows. Near the same spot, fringing a 

 glade, are specimens of pendulous Limes (Tilia petiolaris 

 pendula, 5 ft. 6 in., T. heterophylla, T. aurea). Growing beside 

 the river are some good trees of the Cut-leaved Alder (Alnus 

 laciniata\ while a little further on, in a small, enclosed group, 

 near the point where the river-path diverges from the stream, 

 are some healthy trees, about twenty or thirty years old, of the 

 deciduous conifer, Taxodium distichum^ which is characterised 

 by shedding its young shoots annually with the leaves attached. 

 The underwood of this clump consists of Dogwood, whose 

 fine red twigs glow warmly on a bright winter day. A fifteen- 

 year-old Cornus florida rubra is growing at the north end of 

 the clump. Going westwards, towards the Superintendent's 

 Lodge, there is a large Populus abele acerifolia, 9 ft., 

 in the border- and a healthy young specimen of Abies 

 grandis, 2 ft. in girth, will be seen close to the end of 

 the shrubbery. This is a species which has received 

 much attention lately from British planters, because it is 

 found to be more resistant to the attack of an Aphis which 

 is peculiar to Silver Firs, and most destructive to most 

 species. 



