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planting too deep ; for, besides the injury the trees sustain, 

 they have an unnatural appearance. We would here caution 

 all who plant trees to place them full as high as they were 

 when growing in the nursery. All the trees and plants are 

 labelled on brick tallies, placed in the ground. These labels 

 are placed under a plate of glass, which is puttied in, and 

 secured by paint from the effects of the weather. To stran- 

 gers, and especially those who feel desirous of knowing the 

 names of trees, this is a source of great interest. A small 

 spot of ground is devoted to flowers, and a show of annuals 

 is kept up the whole season. 



When the Arboretum has been established several years, if 

 properly kept up, it will be of great benefit to the public, 

 especially to individuals who are ornamenting their grounds ; 

 an opportunity will be afforded of selecting only such trees 

 as are beautiful for their flowers — their foliage — or their 

 fruit ; the rapidity of their growth will also assist in choosing 

 such as soon form a tree, when they may be wanted for the 

 purpose of immediate shade or shelter. Viewed in this light, 

 an Arboretum, planted with every species or variety of hardy 

 tree, and properly taken care of, is one of the best purposes 

 to which a garden could be devoted, and especially so in this 

 country. How limited a variety of trees comprise the whole 

 number surrounding many of our country villas : elms, 

 horse-chestnuts. Mountain ash, limes, and Abeles, consti- 

 tute nearly all. This paucity of variety is, however, the re- 

 sult of a want of knowledge of the immense number of kinds 

 suitable for such purpose, as well as of the beauty and appro- 

 priateness of many trees to particular situations. But a living 

 specimen ten years old would at once convey the idea of what 

 might also be expected in the same time, under ordinary 

 treatment and cultivation. 



It is for the purposes of selection that we have given the 

 list of a few of the most beautiful trees, growing in the Derby 

 Arboretum ; and we hope, that, as their names are registered 

 in our pages, they may serve as a reference when a choice is 

 wanted for planting out. To nurserymen we have given it, 

 that it may aftbrd them the opportunity to introduce one or 

 two specimens of each kind, and, with a selection of proper 

 stocks, increase them by grafting or budding in the same 



