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2. Trees having their foliage variegated with white and 
green.— Turkey Oak (Quercus Cerris variegata), Beech (Fagus 
sylvatica foliis argenteo-variegatis), Elm (Ulmus campestris 
elegantissima), Eleagnus Japonicus albo-variegatus, Negundo 
fraxinifolia variegata, 
3. Trees with coloured foliage.—The most striking of this 
limited group is the Purple Beech (Fagus sylvatica purpurea). 
The Copper Beech (F. s. cuprea) has dull reddish-brown 
leaves, and is not nearly so handsome. Another very handsome 
tree is the Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea), whose ample foliage 
changes to a brilliant scarlet hue towards autumn. Several 
other trees might be enumerated as worthy of consideration 
in planting, on account of the colour of their foliage. The 
Purple-leaved Sycamore, the Purple-leaved Elm, and the Abele 
(Populus alba), whose foliage is snowy white beneath, and Elw- 
agnus argenteus, with silvery glistening scales, are examples. 
4. Trees with brightly coloured bark on the young branches. 
—-The Gold-barked Ash and the scarlet and yellow twigged 
varieties of the Lime are very distinct and beautiful, more 
especially the Scarlet-twigged Lime. 
5. Trees with cut or dissected foliage—tThere is scarcely a 
genus, or even a species, of cultivated trees that has not produced 
abnormal variations of foliage, from simple to deeply divided 
or cut. Some of these aberrations are very ornamental, whilst 
others can only be described as ugly monstrosities. Very 
handsome cut-leaved varieties of Beech, Alder, Elm, Lime, 
Horse-Chestnut, Sweet Chestnut, and Oak, are described or 
mentioned in the descriptive portion of this work. There are 
three or four species of trees which deserve special notice on 
account of the great number and diversity of the varieties 
they have produced, viz., Ulmus campestris, U. montana, 
Robinia Pseudacacia, and the elegant Japanese Acer poly- 
morphum. The varieties of these trees may be counted by 
scores, or even hundreds in the case of the Robinia. A selec- 
tion of the most distinct and ornamental is given under the 
respective genera. 
6. Weeping Trees.—Under this head we include only those 
forms in which the main branches as well as the ultimate 
branchlets are pendulous. Until quite recently the Weeping 
Ach and Weeping Willow were the only trees of this class 
commonly seen. Now, however, the number in cultivation has 
increased from units to tens. But many of them, like the 
variegated and cut-leaved varicties, are mere degradations of 
