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least, lessen the force of it, as future appearances will, he thinks, 

 prove. — W. H." 



The trees and shrubs on the lawn are almost all disposed in 

 the gardenesque manner; that is, so that each individual plant 

 may assume its natural shape and habit of growth. The masses 

 are also chiefly planted in the same style ; and, as the trees and 

 shrubs advance in growth, they are cut in, or thinned out; 

 so that each individual, if separated from the mass to which it 

 belongs, and considered by itself alone, shall be a handsome 

 plant. At the same time, in order to produce as much variety 

 as possible, the picturesque style of planting, in which trees and 

 shrubs are so closely grouped together as partially to injure 

 each other's growth, occasionally occurs, for the sake of pro- 

 ducing variety. With the exception of the pines and firs, the 

 other trees have been selected more for their picturesque effect 

 and variety of foliage, than for their botanical interest. Among 

 these are the Scotch pine for its darkness ; the Populus angu- 

 lata for its large leaves, and for its property of preserving these 

 till destroyed by severe frost, long before which all the other 

 poplars have become naked; the ^Tcer macrophyllum,for its large 

 leaves ; the Montpelier maple, for its small ones ; the Negundo 

 yi'axinifolium, for its green-barked shoots ; the American oaks, 

 for the singular variety in form and colour of their foliage ; the 

 catalpa, for its broad rich yellowish leaves, and its showy blos- 

 soms, which appear late in the season ; the deciduous cypress ; 

 the bonduc, or Kentucky coffee tree ; the cut-leaved alder ; 

 the tulip tree ; the purple beech ; the purple hazel ; the Oriental 

 plane, of which there are several fine specimens ; the variegated 

 sycamore, and other variegated trees and shrubs, which are always 

 so beautiful in spring ; those thorns and crabs which are beautiful 

 or remarkable for their blossoms in the spring, and for their 

 fruit in autumn ; the Nepal sorbus, so interesting for its large 

 woolly leaves, which die off of a fine straw colour; the magno- 

 lias; the rhododendrons; the heaths; the brooms; and the double- 

 blossomed furze; besides various striking or popular plants, 

 such as the variegated hollies, the scarlet arbutus, &c. Among 

 the detached trees and small groups, there is scarcely to be met 

 with a single bush or tree that a general observer will not find 

 noticeable for something in its foliage, general form, flowers, or 

 fruit. The Magnolm grandiflora var. exoniensis flowers freely 

 as a standard without any protection, and was not even injured 

 by the winter of 1837-8 ; nor was Arbutus procera, also unpro- 

 tected. A number of the more rare trees and shrubs, such as 

 Araucaria brasiliensis, which had stood out eight years, A. 

 Cunningham?'/, Pinus insignis, P. palustris, P. Gerardzana, P. 

 canadensis, &c, were killed during the winter of 1837-8; and 

 a number of others, which were severely injured, are now re- 



