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evergreens, either as trees or tmdergrowths, more especially the 

 latter, so well understood then as at present. Were these 

 plantations to be made again, a very different feeling would be 

 evinced, and the space now covered with the commonest trees, 

 almost all deciduous, and without evergreen shrubs, would pro- 

 bably be made to contain such a collection as would constitute a 

 tolerably complete arboretum. We do not suppose there is a 

 finer situation any where for peat-earth trees and shrubs than 

 the bottom of the Nor' Loch ; and, hence, rhododendrons, azaleas, 

 kalmias, and all the numerous and beautiful species of American 

 trees and shrubs, which delight in a moist, peaty, rich soil, 

 might produce there a splendid effect. The sloping bank of the 

 Castle Hill is equally well adapted for a pinetum, and it is quite 

 large enough to afford space for one plant, or even two, of all 

 the hardy Coniferaa, and half a dozen of such species as the 

 Araucaria imbricata, the deodar cedar, and the cedar of Leba- 

 non. The bank on the Prince's Street side might be devoted to 

 the common kinds of trees, and the shrubs (exclusive of the peat- 

 earth kinds to be planted in the bottom) might be distributed 

 along the walks. One plant of each species might be named, as 

 in the London parks (see p. 643.); and in the open places here 

 and there, near the walks, but so as never to interfere with 

 breadth of effect, there might be small circular beds, from 2 ft. 

 to 6 ft. in diameter, for masses of flowers, one kind only being 

 sown or planted in a bed, in order to produce masses of colour. 

 It is not yet too late to carry out these suggestions in con- 

 nexion with the thinning recommended by Mr. Grorrie ; but it 

 would be necessary to give up the idea of pasturage, and of 

 letting part of the ground as a nursery, and to keep the grass 

 short by mowing. If this mowing, however, were followed up 

 closely on the growth of the grass, it would, in a few years, 

 weaken the roots so much as to diminish the frequency of 

 its recurrence. 



If these suggestions of ours are considered extravagant, the 

 same objections cannot be made to those of Mr. Gorrie, which, 

 we again say, will, we trust, meet with due attention in the 

 proper quarter.] — Cond. 



Art. VIII. On Sediim Siebold'i, and other Plants of low Growth, 

 By Richard Tongue, Esq. 



" »Sedum Siebold/, a plant which, although hardy, does not 

 grow to perfection in the open air, but succeeds best when 

 treated as a greenhouse plant." (Gard. Chron., p. 671. 1842.) 

 Lest the above should deter any one from placing Sedum 



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