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pungens glauca ; Acer Negundo variegatum (specially large 

 specimen for so far North) ; Olearia Haastii (vigorous and 

 profusely fiorescent) ; and Quercus Cerris variegata. In pur- 

 suing their course towards the Burn, they were afforded the 

 opportunity of viewing the Hall from the terrace, whence its 

 architectural features appeared to greater advantage, and had 

 their attention drawn to a British Oak, planted by the late 

 Queen Victoria in remembrance of an early visit. Before 

 descending into the dene they visited the well-stocked fish- 

 pond, constructed in 1819, and covering an area of five 

 acres, on whose surface JSfymphcea alba and JSfuphar lutea 

 expanded their flowers in wild abundance. 



From this point the path bears the name of the Long 

 Walk, and in addition to its sylvan beauty has acquired a 

 peculiar interest through its having been the weekly round 

 taken every Sunday by the second Earl, in company with the 

 members of his family and guests. It winds along the 

 course of the little stream, abounding in trout, on whose 

 shaded banks flourish Circcea lutetiana ; Rihes Alpinum {-^xdh- 



ably planted) and Vinca minor, and leads to 

 Howick the Pinetum, which formed the next item in 



Pinetum. the day's programme. Here the Organizing 



Secretary intimated that most of the Conifers 

 reported during the Club's last visit in July 1879 were still 

 standing, though a few, including specimens of Gupressus 

 macrocarpa (estimated then to have reached 40 feet), Pinus 

 Pindrow, and small plants of P. Cembra, and of Taxodium, 

 had disappeared. Among those to which particular attention 

 was directed were the following: — Abies concolor ; A. Nord- 

 manniana ; A. Pinsapo ; A. Webbiana ; Cedrus Deodara ; 

 Gryptomeria elegans ; Cupressus La7x)soniana var. erecta viridis ; 

 G. Nootkaensis ; Janiperus recurva ; Picea Menziesii (in poor 

 health) ; Pinus Austriaca ; P. Cembra ; P. excelsa ; P. insignis ; 

 P. Pinaster; P. Strobus ; Abietia Douglasii (9 ft. 6 in. at 

 3 ft. from ground); Sequoia gigantea (12 ft. 9 in. at 3 ft. 

 from ground); S. sempervirens ; and Tsuga Hookeriana (not 

 thriving.) A remarkable clump of Araucaria imbricata, twelve 

 in number, lately exposed by the uprooting of sheltering 

 trees, and all in perfect health, though now unprotected and 

 within a quarter of a mile of the sea, was observed on the 



