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SUPPLEMENT TO THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 5 
deform and spoil the plant. 
frequ 
Opposite the Piceas is a 
no 
pr 
variation in habit of this species is very remark- 
ible—dwarf, tall, loose, compact, and other 
аы all the same 
Mr. McNab thinks 
ent in British- grown 
at hand, and comprise most of 
species 
and varieties, while Golden Yews are dotted 
about most effectively in various parts. of 
the grounds. Araucarias, Cryptomerias, and 
Juniper various kinds, each have their 
allotted stations ;- while forming a be 
the у éis e collecti of Pinus, in- 
cluding P. tuberculata, B ana—a 
species, with a compact bottle-brush-like habit, 
pm P. Fremontiana, n- 
ticola, mbraculifer, ayana, 
са іп дю contrast afforded Wi it light- 
coloured need against the darker older foliage, 
and oth Vith regard to the soil suitable for 
these plants Mr. McNab finds that while some, 
such as- P. monticola, Abies Menziesii and A 
most striking plants in bloom in the middle of 
July 
Е КОСК GARDEN.—Another special feature 
of this е ен and an extremely beautiful one, 
is the ock-gar n, of portions of which we 
give аан This is the largest and most 
varied rock garden we have seen, and the most 
ascinating. Despite a certain amount of for- 
mality of arrangement and hardness of outline, 
which are n pleasing, the rock-garden is 
charming beyond the power of expression. The 
ber of species grown is very large, not less 
h compartments being pro- 
vided for as many species, It may readily be 
conceived that the beauty, the variety, the in- 
mh 
ing the involved questions relating to Thuja 
gigantea, of which ty 
is here. In 
„конь А 
with green leave’ white on t 
A. Parryatia and A. Hanbury, identical 
with A, Зоте the variegated ouglasii 
(which is not to be reco bmmended), several 
Specimens of A. clanbrasiliana reverting to 
the normal type, A. Williamsoni, A. Mer- 
tensii, A. or PME three latter appear 
to be identical with t . Albertiana origin- 
ally introduced by baler nd ma 
The Yew ws and Yew-like plants are close 
THE ROCK-GARDEN IN 
THE 
Albertiana, thrive in peat, others, notably the 
South European ntine , Such a 
were, nevertheless, all put in on the same day. 
Near the western end of the Pin chia is a 
ox apa devoted to the culture of spring 
b and early flowering plants. This was 
past ils bei atthe time of our visit, but enough 
remained to show that this must in the spring 
months be a veritable treasure-house of beautiful 
СІ 
c. Triteleia Murrayana, Chry sobactron Hook- 
eri, and Zygadenus chloranthus were among the 
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN. 
terest of such a eap as e are inexhaust- 
ible. Noseason is withágt it 
a day passes but iba lover of plantsm 
previous y esca 
нй 
іа, Campanula turbinata, and its 
Acantholimon glumaceum, 
Scabiosa alpina, Saponaria ocymoides major, 
Onosma echioides, many crustaceous Saxi- 
frages, Dianthus alpinus, D. glacialis, D. cor- 
sicus, Androsace lanuginosa, i 
and G. tinctoria, Thymus 
Sedum ibericum, Papaver alpinum 
varieties, Silene alpestris, Lithospermum pros- 
V. pinguifo 
numerous varieties, 
