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A^cet macrophyllum. The large leaved maple. A splendid 

 tree of vigorous growth, with large and beautiful leaves. 



^^cer striatum. The striped barked, or snake barked ma- 

 ple. One of our finest trees, but rarely seen in our collections. 

 Bark striped with black and white, very ornamental. 



These four maples were the most conspicuous, out of about 

 twenty species and varieties. 



Many other trees were very ornamental and desirable, but 

 a day or more would have been required to have examined 

 the Arboretum carefull}/'. We only noted down such as we 

 thought the most worthy of introduction first^ and we soon 

 hope to find them ornamenting our villa residences. 



The object of Mr. Strutt, in the formation of the garden, 

 was, to obtain the greatest amount of gratification from a 

 small extent of ground, and without too great an annual ex- 

 pense in keeping it up, when once formed. A botanical gar- 

 den would involve great outlay and continued annual ex- 

 pense ; and a common pleasure-ground would soon become a 

 very uninteresting subject, after a very few visits. That 

 which seemed to invite the greatest interest was an Arbore- 

 tum, and Mr. Loudon has very satisfactorily shown its ad- 

 vantages over any other kind of arrangement. 



The principal entrance to the Arboretum is a lodge, in the 

 Elizabethan style, and contains, besides other rooms, one for 

 the public, where a book is kept for registering the names of 

 visitors. From this lodge a straight walk extends through 

 the centre, and another one skirts the entire garden ; a cross 

 walk intersects the middle walk, and, at the termination at 

 each end, is a large pavilion, to serve as resting places 

 for visitors. A large circle is formed where the walks cross 

 each other, and the centre of this is properly reserved for a 

 statue of Mr. Strutt, at some future time. To make the most 

 of the land, which is quite flat, and at its widest part only 

 about five hundred feet, while it is more than two thousand 

 long, and, at the same time, to shut out one part of the Arbo- 

 retum from another, and thus convey an idea of its great ex- 

 tent, mounds of earth were raised to the height of four to five 

 feet, so that an individual passing up the central walk would 

 not see one on the side walks : and on the sides of these 



