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trees bearing compound leaves. Around it were grouped 

 the Ailantus, Horse Chestnut, and Mountain Ash, with 

 an undergrowth of Aucuba, Phillyrea, silver Euonymus, 

 and Box, parted by various deciduous flowering small trees 

 and shrubs, as Lilacs, flowering Currants, double Sloes, 

 double flowering Peaches, and the like. 



I have recently been engaged by the Metropolitan 

 Board of Works to carry out improvements at Hamilton 

 Place, London. Here again I was limited in my choice of 

 trees and shrubs by the climate of London. Evergreens 

 and shrubs were arranged as to form and colour so far as 

 it was possible to do so under the circumstances. A line 

 of trees planted by the side of the railings bounding Park 

 Lane were planted as follows : Scarlet Horse Chestnut 

 and Mountain Ash alternately ; Turkey Oak, Mountain 

 Ash, Acacia, and Thorn in succession ; and again Thorn, 

 Mountain Ash, Acacia, Laburnum, and Thorn in 

 succession. Here the undergrowth was formed of ever- 

 greens and deciduous shrubs, variously mixed, to make as 

 agreeable a contrast as possible in form and colour with 

 the surrounding plantations. 



The most complete piece of planting which I have 

 recently had the opportunity of effecting may be seen at 

 Hatfield Park, a seat of the Marquis of Salisbury. This 

 consists of a belt of shrubs and trees running by the side 

 of a lake. My instructions here were to make colour 

 rather than form the dominant feature, although the latter 

 was to be taken into account. The trees in groups ran 

 much as follows : Scarlet Oak, White Maple, Scarlet 

 Maple, Variegated Turkey Oak, Purple Beech, Golden 

 Oak, Variegated Elm, Silver Poplar, Golden Willow 

 The shrubs and evergreens in masses succeeded each other 

 in the following order : Mahonia japonica, Silver Holly, 

 Cerasus pseudo-cerasus, C. caucasica, Variegated Box, 

 Juniperus ericoides, Thuja aurea, Ilex balearica, Yews, 

 Mahonia Aquifolium, Juniperus chinensis, Aucuba japonica, 

 Green Holly, Berberis Darwinii, Portugal Laurel, Coton- 



