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grow quickest when grafted on the Common Yew, 

 and as they always keep good in after years this 

 method can for once be recommended. A very 

 good species for a lawn is T. cuspidata; it is strong 

 in growth and spreading. 



Propagate PRUMNOPITYS and SAXEGOTHEA by 

 seeds, cuttings, or layers. 



CONIFERS AT MURTHLY CASTLE, PERTHSHIRE 



The following account of a great Conifer garden 

 in Scotland is important, as showing how certain of 

 the better-known species have behaved during the 

 last fifty years or so. It is taken from the Garden of 

 May 19, 1900 : 



The second quarter of the present century saw 

 the introduction of a large number of Conifers 

 hitherto unknown to English gardens. Their culti- 

 vation was eagerly taken up, and especially in Scot- 

 land, a land whose general conditions seem highly 

 favourable to a considerable number of species, much 

 success has been attained. It may still be premature 

 to state with any degree of assurance what may be 

 the ultimate suitability of many of these Conifers for 

 growth in our islands. The lifetime of a tree is not 

 comprised within its first sixty years, and such a 

 length of time is all too short to prove the ultimate 

 success of any new tree, though within that space 

 it may come to a magnificent size and apparent 

 promise. Such a state is shown by the splendid 

 Douglas Firs in the grounds of Murthly Castle, 



