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change, remain on the branches during winter ; the 

 Beech, the Hornbeam, and the Turkey Oak are familiar 

 examples of these, and their dress of rich russet brown 

 provides both shelter and warmth. Lastly, there are some 

 few shrubs and trees which blossom even amidst the 

 storms of winter ; the Andromeda floribunda, with flowers 

 chaste and pure as driven snow ; the Chimonanthus 

 possessing at once a rare and delicate beauty and an 

 unapproachable fragrance ; the Cornus, the Forsythia, 

 and the Jasminum nudiflorum belong to this class. 

 These are the beauties of winter, and by a wise use of 

 them the gardens of England, now often so bare and 

 cheerless at that drear season, may be made bright, 

 pleasant, and joyous. Comparative warmth and comfort 

 may be secured within the charmed circle of the sheltered 

 English home, while in the distance we hear " the stormy 

 wind howling among the trees and raving over the plain." 

 My next essay will form a classified list of materials for 

 ornamental planting. 



No. V. PICTORIAL TREES AND SHRUBS. 



[From "The Gardeners' Chronicle? October ityh 1864, p. 1035.] 



IT is not my intention here to offer a general list of trees 

 that can be used intact in ornamental planting. Informa- 

 tion of that kind to be of any value must be founded on a 

 knowledge of the particular soil, situation, and objects in 

 view. My purpose is merely to single out a few of the 

 most prominent trees representative trees may I call 

 them ? which it would seem desirable to introduce every- 

 where for the sake of their strongly marked characters, 

 beauty, or distinctness. Around these, others of similar 

 character may be gathered, should it be found necessary 

 to extend the number of any particular group. From 

 this point of view I shall arrange the materials which I 

 propose to select, under the two leading heads of Form and 

 Colour. 



