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bark. So striking is this tree when in flower to 

 those who are unacquainted with it, that one hears the 

 involuntary exclamation, ' What tree is that ? ' It is 

 to be confidently recommended as one of the best of 

 its family for town planting, and specimens in some 

 of the parks have attained to the maximum height, 

 with well-formed trunks up to 18 inches in diameter. 

 It roots freely from cuttings. 



Turning from the ornamental to the utilitarian 

 view of these trees, we find that both wood and fruit 

 serve a variety of useful purposes. The timber of 

 all the species is more or less valuable, being hard, 

 smooth of grain, and susceptible of taking an exquisite 

 polish. Cogs for wheels, handles to cutlery, wooden 

 spoons, and small turnery articles, as well as musical 

 instruments, have all been made from the wood of the 

 Pyrus, and where iron has not superseded wood in 

 millwork for various parts of machinery framing. 



The ripe fruit, which is freely produced by most 

 of the species, is collected and mixed with about 

 double its bulk of sand or light, rather dry earth. 

 Seed-sowing usually takes place the following April 

 or May. As the young plants grow rapidly, they should 

 be transplanted the second year into breaks, where the 

 individual plants are given ample space for root and 

 branch development. 



Sea Buckthorn 



(Hippophae rhamnoides) 



THOUGH usually found "as a seaside shrub the 

 Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) is by no 

 means exclusively so, as many specimens in almost 

 every part of London point out. It thrives and flowers 



