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Again, as I have repeatedly pointed out in the fore- 

 going in respect to all trees, no large shrubs or plants 

 will ever become fine specimens of their kind, unless 

 they have been repeatedly transplanted while in the 

 nursery ground. 



For the formation of avenues, as an approach to a 

 residence or otherwise, the horse chestnut is perhaps 

 one of the handsomest trees that can be fixed on. It 

 is also a variety which under proper management will 

 bear transplantation when it has attained a consider- 

 able size, so that an imposing line of shade may soon 

 be formed. The lime tree, with its full well-balanced 

 head, and delightful fragrance, proceeding from its 

 sweetly-scented blossoms, is very difficult to excel ; 

 while beech, plane, Scotch or wych elm, and the 

 Spanish chestnut, being all of a spreading habit, cause 

 them to be well adapted for this purpose. 



The Hazel (Corylus avellana). The hazel is pro- 

 fitably cultivated as coppice, when lopped springing 

 up vigorously, throwing up shoots five or six feet long 

 in a season, and the tree is most useful for the 

 arrangement of narrow belts or dumpings, imparting 

 closeness and seclusion. Few trees retain their leaves 

 so ,long after having become affected by frost, which 

 turns them to a yellow colour, and remain thus orna- 

 mental a long time before the leaves are shed. The 

 catkins too, which continue in bloom in winter and 

 spring, have a very pretty effect. 



The hazel succeeds best in a dry soil, with a sand- 

 stone or chalk subsoil, and is readily propagated by 

 nuts, the size and vigour of the seedlings generally 

 corresponding with the fine sample, or otherwise, of the 

 seed used. They should be sown in winter or early 



