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Ash Fraxinus. Very large and handsome 

 trees, growing to a great height, and very sturdy. 

 F. excelsior is the common variety, F. pendula the 

 very handsome weeping variety. 



Beech Fagus. Beautiful trees both in form 

 and colour ; one of the latest to come out in the 

 spring, but taking lovely colours in the autumn. 

 F. silvatica is the ordinary one, and F. purpurea 

 the lovely Copper Beech; they are very wide- 

 spreading trees. 



Birch Betula. There is no such beautiful 

 tree, to my mind, as the common Silver Birch, 

 B. alba, with its lovely silver bark, and straight 

 trunk ; it is always a beautiful sight, either in 

 summer or winter, reaching to a great height, and 

 always seems to look like an aristocrat among trees. 

 The Weeping Birch (B. pendula Youngii), is also 

 lovely. 



Catalpa syringaefolia. I have placed this among 

 large trees, but it does not as a rule grow beyond 

 quite a medium height in our country ; it is 

 handsome, with very large 'leaves, and pale-lilac 

 flowers. 



Chestnut Castanea. This is the well-known 



Sweet Chestnut, or Spanish Chestnut. 

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