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stockings, and its lower branches cover 

 an area of seventy-eight feet in cir- 

 cumference. By actual measurement, 

 its girth at the base of the trunk is 

 thii-teen feet four inches. My informant 

 assured me it was planted here, by 

 himself, in 1862, when it was a sapling 

 of three feet. Its growth must have 

 been not far short of two feet per 

 annum. No. 2, the Cedar of Lebanon, 

 is much younger. Its height may be 

 about twenty-five feet. It has evident- 

 ly outgrown itself in this rich nursery 

 of made ground, and seems to have 

 difficulty in preserving the centre of 

 gravity. It has a profusion of light 

 gi'oen foliage hanging in long tresses 

 down to the very ground. Havingan eye 

 to the practical, I judge that No. 1 

 would certainly make the best stick of 

 timber ; but No. 2 commands our res- 

 pect and admiration as the lineal des- 

 cendant and representative of a very 

 old and aristocratic family. As for 

 No. 3, he — or she, perhaps — is quite a 

 stranger to me ; though doubtless you 

 who are supposed to be well up in the 

 business would i-ecognize it at a 

 glance. It is a flowering tree, about 

 twenty-five feet high ; an evergreen 

 leaf, not unlike the walnut, but hard 

 and glistening. Descending from the 

 up])er bi-anches are chunkey cones like 

 small pine-apples ; these, the gardener 

 tells me, ai-e the flower germs which, 

 when they open in spring, cover the 

 tree with blossoms " tres magnifiques,,^ 

 and fill the air with sweet perfume. It 

 is a very handsome to look at even 

 now. The Spruce family are well re- 

 presented, single and double ; also larch 

 of various kinds, in fine feather. You 

 can meditate sub teg mine fayi red and 

 green. Birch, pine, lime and plane 

 tree have also a place in the garden. 

 The last named is of a kind very com- 

 mon on the continent, which has the 

 habit of casting its bark frequently, 

 giving the trunk and branches a very 



SINGULAR MOTTLED APPEARANCE. 



It grows very rapidly, and is said to 

 stand the London fog and smoke better 

 than any other of the park trees. Here 

 they prune it severely, by which it as- 

 sumes the shape of an umbrella, afibrd- 

 ing excellent shade, without unduly 

 obstructing the view. We have avenues 

 of them here, miles long, which must 

 be beautiful in the hot summer weather. 

 The linden, or lime, is also a great 

 favorite all through the Continent. 

 The principal street in Berlin is the 

 " Unter den Linden " — the promenade 

 under the limes. We had three notable 

 trees of this kind at Lucerne called the 

 " Brei Li7iden," upon the summit of 

 one of the lively green hills from which 

 there is one of the finest views of 

 Alpine scenery imaginable. Among 

 the shrubs in the Jardin Anglais are the 

 Arbor Vitse of different kinds. The 

 holly, plain and variegated, covered 

 just now with crimson berries of sombre 

 hue ; the Portugal Laurel, Bay and 

 Box ; and the Laurier Thun, a beauti- 

 ful dark-leaved bush resembling Pyrus 

 japonica, which flowers all winter, and 

 is now at its best. There is not a 

 rhododendron in the garden, though it 

 is a native of this country, and abounds 

 in the mountains in a wild state. The 

 aracaria, so common nowadays in Scot- 

 land, is not to be found here. Doubt- 

 less they have beautiful roses and 

 dahlias, fuschias and heather in their 

 season, for these seem to be favoi-ites all 

 over Switzerland, as are also Chrysan- 

 themums, in many colors. Gladioli, 

 China Asters and Carnations, with 

 many others that I cannot name. 



LAWNS. 



In lawns that have been raised from 

 grass seed sown the past spring, many 

 weeds will appear. The perennial ones 

 should be weeded by hand. The holes 

 made by removal of roots can have a 

 little earth put in. The creeping 



