LARGE COUNTRY VILLAS. 



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A. eriocarpum, Sir Charles AVager's maple. 

 Aegutuio /riixiulfoliuin, the ash-leaved box 



elder. 

 ^E'sculus rubicunda, the scai'let horsechest- 



nut. 

 Cytisus alpinus, the Scotch laburnum. 

 Kobi'nja I'seiid-^icacia, the common false 



acacia, or American locust. 

 Gleditschirt triacanthos, the houey locust, 



or thorny acacia. 

 CratK^guslcoccinea, punctata, Criis-galli, Ar5- 



nia, tanacetifolia, and orientalis, different 



kinds of thorns. 

 Ameliinckier vulgaris, the common amelan- 



chier. 

 A. Botryapium, the snowy mesjiilus 

 J/espilus germanica and M. SmitliH, medlars. 

 Pyrus spectabilis, Chinese crab. 

 P. A^ria, P. vestita, P. pinnatifida, white 



beam trees. 

 P. aucuparia, the mountain ash. 



P. (Siirbus, the true service, 

 yflia europai^a alba, the Hungarian lime. 

 O'mus europas^a, the flowering ash. 

 (Juercus Cerris Lucombea)(rt, tlie Lucombe 



oak 

 Q. P\eK. the evergreen oak. 

 /■latanus orientalis, the Eastern plane tree. 

 Salix alba, Kusselh'^ncf, vitellina, amygdii- 



liua, and fragilis, tree willows. 

 Piipuhis nigra, monilifera, and canadensis, 

 .-f'luus glutinbsa laciniata, cut- leaved alder. 

 A. cordifolia, heart-leaved alder. 

 A. incana, the hoary-leaved alder. 

 Taxbdium distichum, the deciduous cypress. 

 £etula lilba and B. nigra, birches, &c. 



The last fourteen trees, to which may be 

 added the weeping willow, are adapted for 

 planting in the neighbourhood of the drink- 

 ing pond. 



If any pines and firs are desired, the 

 Pinaster and Pinus iaricio are the best. 



363. Fruit Trees. — The following selection has been made with the appro- 

 bation of Mr. Thompson, of the Horticultural Society's Garden, as ornamental 

 in the shape of the tree, and of vigorous growth as standards: 



Apples and Crabs. 

 The tree is middle- covered with a bloom, like that of the 



TTie Red Astrachan. 

 sized, with a branchy head ; the fruit is of 

 a bright red, with a fine bloom, like that of 

 a plum. 



The White Astrachan, or Transparent Crab 

 of Moscow. The tree resembles the pre- 

 ceding sort, but has the branches tending 

 upwai-ds when young, and afterwards be- 

 coming pendulous. The fruit is of a wax 

 colour, with a fine bloom on it, and is 

 almost transparent. It is known in English 

 nurseries under the name of transparent 

 crab. 



The Lincolnshire Holland Pippin is remark- 

 able for the large size and high colour of 

 its blossoms. Its fruit keeps till February. 



The Tidip Apple is a great bearer of very 

 bright red fruit. 



The Violet Apple has fruit of a violet colour, 



plum. 



The Cherry Crab is a subvariety of the 

 Siberian crab. The tree is spreading, with 

 drooping branches ; and the fruit is nume- 

 rous, and about the size and colour of a 

 cherry. 



The Supreme, Crab has larger fruit than the 

 cherry crab. The tree is of robust growth, 

 and the branches are somewhat erect. 



Biggs's Everlasting Crabia a vigorous- grow- 

 ing tree, with pendulous branches, and 

 abundance of fruit, which, in form and cha- 

 racter, are intermediate between the plum- 

 leaved Siberian crab, and the conmion Sibe- 

 rian crab, and which remain on the trees 

 long after Christmas. In sheltered situa- 

 tions, and mild winters, this tree appears 

 almost a subevergreen. 



Pears. 



Beurri Did. Leaves large and flowers 

 very large. A hardy tree, somewhat fasti- 

 giate in its shape ; a great bearer, and de- 

 serving of extensive cultivation on account 

 of its fruit, independently altogether of its 

 handsome shape and large flowers. 



Beurrc de Panz (not Beurre ranee, as 

 commonly written, which means rank or 

 rancid). Branches spreading or pendulous. 



The best very late pear yet known. It 

 bears very well as a standard. 



Kelis d'Hiver. Branches slender and some- 

 what wavy. Flowers very abundant. Leaves 

 narrow-elliptic, more so perhaps than in 

 any other cultivated variety of the pear ; and 

 they make so little appearance when un- 

 folding, that the whiteness of the blossom is 

 almost untinged by them. 



