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U. glabra pendula is another fine variety of Weeping elm, 

 but far inferior, we think, to the two above mentioned. 



U. montane^ pendula, and U. rugosa pendula, (the Scotch 

 weeping), and (Rough-leaved weeping), are also very desirable 

 Weeping elms. 



The Huntington elm is a rapid growing variety, with a 

 fine large leaf. 



The U. articofolia, (Nettle-leaved) ; U. variegata, (the 

 Variegated) ; and U.purpurea, (the Purple), are all curious and 

 desirable in large places ; as is also U. adianthafolia, a strong 

 rugged variety with corrugated and crimped leaves very 

 peculiar. 



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Before enumerating the many new and beautiful 

 shrubs which have been introduced into our gardens 

 and pleasure grounds within ten years, we wish to 

 say a few words respecting their employment. 



We have before remarked, in another place, that the 

 facilities afforded by railroads and steamboats are now 

 so great, that there is a class, and a large one, of small 

 suburban places and villa residences in the neighbor- 

 hood of our large cities and rural towns, to which this 

 kind of plant is especially valuable. In residences of a 

 few hundred feet square to an acre' or more, shrubs are 

 much more valuable than trees, as the latter, when 

 fully matured, become so large and cumbersome as to 

 interfere very much with a free circulation of air, and 

 often completely shut out all view, and are apt to make 

 the places themselves damp and dreary. There are 

 many of these residences where trees should never be 

 planted, but their place should be supplied by the finer 

 shrubs, as the Weigela, Forsythia, the Fly honeysuckle, 

 the smaller Magnolias (glauca, purpurea, gracilis, con- 

 spicua, soulangiana), the Purple berberry, the Purple 

 filbert, the Yariegated syringo, the Dwarf horse-chest- 



