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the berberry, which, with the copper beech, the purple oak, 

 and the purple-leaved nut, are acquisitions to every collection 

 of shrubs or ornamental trees ; their dark and singular foliage 

 contrasting prettily with other trees. 



Mr. Rivers cultivates great quantities of seedling trees and 

 shrubs, as well as pines, spruces, larches, &c., &c., and we 

 saw numerous beds of them in full growth. In the houses 

 we saw fine plants of the weeping Thuja, T. filiformis, and 

 also Cedrus Deodar a. Thuja filiformis, if it should prove 

 hardy in our climate, will be a highly beautiful evergreen ; 

 its long slender trailing stems, reaching quite on to the ground. 

 Some of the more beautiful shrubs we noted were, 



Robinia hispida major, much handsomer than the common 

 rose acacia. 



^mygdalus persica nana, the dwarf Orleans peach, grows 

 only two inches in a season, and bears fruit in pots. 



/uniperus virginiana pendula, a beautiful drooping variety, 

 originated near Sawbridgeworth. 



Quercus cerris lasciniata, an elegant variety, with deeply 

 cut leaves. 



Quercus cerris fulhamensis pendula, raised from seed, in 

 Mr. Rivers' s nursery. 



Tilia europae'a macrophylla. A splendid variety of the 

 lime, with immensely large leaves, and of vigorous habit. 



Cerasus Malahib. A pretty tree, and used extensively 

 here, for grafting the cherry, for dwarfing, or forcing in pots ; 



And many other trees equally deserving. 



There are several ranges of propagating houses, besides 

 numerous pits and frames for raising seedlings, protecting 

 young plants, &c. Two or three houses are devoted to the 

 propagation of roses. The collection of azaleas, and rhodo- 

 dendrons, is enriched by the best Belgian kinds, and also by 

 seedlings. We noticed, too, fine plums of A. indica Gled- 

 stanesii. and other new and fine kinds. In the rear of the 

 houses, the ground is cut up by numerous hedges, and these 

 serve both to protect the plants, which are set between them, 

 from the wind and sun. If such hedges are necessary in the 

 climate of England, how much more so are they here, where 

 the winds are generally stronger and the sun's rays much 

 hotter. Our nurserymen might copy after Mr. Rivers and 



