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to grow нар vigorously it is often at the 
mall gardens. 
have 
If these t trees, therefore, a anted in rich alluv 
loam in which v vegetables wou d delight, they will not 
answer well, an will obta 
from тин, "— by means of pakes ons on thens 
trees on walls, the south aspect 
g the warmest, should be devoted to the 
ruge, and 
e Nectarines, үне - about a distance o| 
oa or n feet one from the 
The Peach delights in a “athe fresh alluvial loam, 
өн subsoi s is not found naturally 
west aspect wall, which i i s 
of E Angouléme, 
Glou onda Beurré R iud ; ex ise, Beurré 
Diel Is Ber t, Williams’ Bon Chrétien, 
and Joséphine de Malines. A tree or two of Plums, 
such as Coe's Golden p or Denyer’s Victoria ; 
some Cherry trees—as, for example, May Duke, Elton, 
or Bigarreau Napo a ortwo, may like- 
wise be introd The Pear trees > plant 
about 12 feet apart, and should be trained in the ordi- 
eurré Si gp n. and Easter 
Park Apro [IGI b ple Jefferson, 
's p Plums 
be 
of will succeed in pi ge land, 
oom they are comparatively cheap an really e tain- 
a 
With reference to oe main walk peg from north 
to south, I would have its borders with flowers, 
whi up the neis of the 
of mmend, - 
fore, a er for flowers, say 6 feet in width, to be 
mad th sides ; if to IO feet were added to 
the b ould make in all 16 feet of a border. A 
the distance of 14 feet from the 
v тр of аня 
e of dwarf Pear trees ш. 
т planted as € pyrami iai 
ers of the walk leading from 
Not so soon assu e pyramid. and 
therefore, ELT care will be required’ to 5 Бас {Һет 
to d that sha 
Oth o 'may be furnished with lines of 
ёра, the trees constituting which should be 
a ed at 8 feet distances from the the 
V Separate risa wona be devoted to the cultiva- 
of small fruits pberries, Gooseberries, 
at Currants. 7. Newton. 
-HALF-HOURS AT KEW.—VII. 
OAKS. 
genus eed to which all Oaks belong, is 
ost important in the vegetable 
i y utili 
om 
the the texture of their foliage, from the thickest-leaved 
een tot lant; 
which in regard to shape the variation is illimitable. 
us v Holly, Phillyrea, Sweet Bay, Pyracanthus, 
Chestnu i 
unterparts ; but w 
or acorn is present no botanical а а із 
expense of 
, with the exception of trees 
lar, is advisable t 
necessary to distinguish an Oak, through all its 
numerous variations in form and foliage. True, some 
of the Indian species exhibit a €(— or interme- 
diate state between the true Oaks and the Sw 
Chestnut, but as they are not in vi nbn there is 
no danger of confusion. 
The species are exceedingly difficult to discriminate, 
а imate of the 
number of forms entitled to that rank; but, even 
taking a very broad view of = variability of species, 
hi braces a larger number than any other 
et 
In De Candolle's 
Prodromus 281 are described, and this number future 
discoveries and. investigations will probably augment 
rather than reduce, The distribution of the species is 
icts abound in difterent 
prid confined 
nding P 
nica up to the arctic circle. 
the tropics grow chiefly in mountainous districts, 
peer a — ps vane d south of the e 
rate regions of the Old and New World, and hardy in 
is country, is considerable, but of ae years "he 
coniferous trees and shrubs have so entirely super- 
5 most eve 
eded al rything else tan t n ctis few 
of them are cultivated by gen hha e The 
varieties . Robur, 
the only ones at all generally planted, and m pcc 
2: es best varieties of these species seldom 
ect of a article is to point out the riches 
agnificent genus for ornamental 
ollection at Kew 
ing 
lake, the pleasure grounds, 
As yim мст "Oaks are very difficult to distin- 
guish from each other, and without a practical 
кенеа об а large number of forme it it would be idle 
to attempt name them ons; 
the value of ay authentically ' collection of 
living specimens accessible public. And here 
it should be aad that shows most o of бү forms in 
in some 
The потер лз of the w 
soon, it is unced, be subjected to a strict 
revision 
In the first place I will notice a few of the more 
striking varieties of the indigenous Oak, Q. Robur. 
There are two very distinct forms, which are regarded 
botanists as species. One, Q. peduncu- 
sessile leaves and ed 
rolific The other, Q. sessilifl 
Lene ене са and nearly stalkless acorns. 
Although these forms ar distinct fom Е 
i e 
ray, and other competent 
many of the North 
American Oaks as being of pic origin, 
The vari © ur pedunculata тау be 
counted pe ed, but m only a few of the most 
remarkable and ornamental o ү noticed. 
One of the most noteworthy i is ps 
called idalis, This is of erect d 
from ou 
Һожетст, that Dr. Asa Gr 
American 
o 
investigating the subject for so me years past of 
аа nion that Ker uam this Oak, the Lombardy Popian, 
astigiate variety of the False Aca 
true from seed, th ce 
There at Kew, from 20 to 
S. feet high, in the plantation between the “ Hollow 
alk ” and the Th . ped. 
ы papiro Оден 
8 to 10 inches long, on vigorous y 
slightly and irregularly 1 ^^ found only quite 
young T tas ants of this varie . scolopendrifolia, 
as the name indicates, has lo: ong 45 мерек not, how- 
ever, remarkably like the fronds of the 
-— arieties heterophylla and f ciuile 
is than beautiful Q. ped. pendula, 
although : not represented by a rz an 5 еп їп {һе 
Kew collection, is a handsome variety where 
it thrives w . Granbyana bros. Itake to be a 
variety of this, though found no reference to 
the name, has fine glossy foliage, and reddish purple 
a . The young shoots are of the 
inner bark is the colo 
Among cut-leaved f Q. pedunculata are 
taraxac i 
om Марг t of 
varieties of the D pectinata haps the 
andsomest of the cut-leaved varieties, id the eave 
are less cul der A being close, 
regular, fi cimens of 
this exist - the обо 9. flicifolia and Q. asple- 
nifolia, if ind ent, have the leaves 
cut up into very et lob 
when in good health, 
nigrica and 
1m deeply Hinged "with a rich vinous purple. 
seen no specimens of either of these Maso gs at 
Kew, but the ne seems to ae ee grower, and 
the leaves are of a very rich Q. p zon- 
cordia is one of the best of yellow eave ped, Con 
ty, wi pa todd 
elegant and strik 
haracter in large near 
these varieties show a tende 
are varieties with repens and marbled foliage, which 
are very pretty when young. 
The varieties of Q. у, ЖА are by no means so 
numerous, а and ave seen few of them at Kew. 
There is, however, a m beautiful Oak named Q. 
nica. t 
iflora me obovate 
crm Re а а. M ery regulan y 
о aving at a 
n of being pinnate, eneral 
esemblance to the Mountain 
as кше in varieties, 
Muir only persist in 
t has “given birth to several (hybrid ? “rare, 
x w. the leaves are 
ci 
erris min or 
others which I need not particulare here, are in the 
i i a very pretty variety with 
from the Levant in 1731. 
tree, intermediate in appearance between ue c 
