APRIL 97 



ornus), too seldom grown in Britain, where it is per- 

 fectly hardy. The beautiful creamy plumes of this 

 tree are detested by flies; wherefore thoughtful 

 drivers gather them and stick them in the head-gear 

 of their horses. Among the mature specimens of 

 flowering ash which I have seen here and there in 

 English and Scottish grounds, I do not recollect one 

 that was not grafted on the common ash. Grafts and 

 cuttings are detestable when seed can be obtained, so I 

 sent for some from that excellent provider, Johannes 

 Rafn of Copenhagen, who never sends the wrong thing, 

 and now I have hundreds of thriving young plants. 



