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garden from the Park. The fruit is of a bright rose colour, and the 

 tree is a beautiful object in autumn. 



I have not the Snowy Mespilus {A melanchier Botryapiinn), but it is 

 a most desirable tree, having abundance of snowy-white flowers. 



The Snowdrop-tree {Halesia tetrapterd) is little cultivated, although 

 it was introduced into this country, from South Carolina, more than a 

 hundred years ago. Its snowdrop-like flowers, which cover the tree, 

 make it a most interesting object for every garden. 



There is only one Palm which lives out of doors in England, 

 the Chamarops excelsa (fig. 956). It stands 

 the severest frosts, and blossoms well in the 

 Regent's Park. It grows very slowly in this 

 country, but being an endogenous plant it 

 forms an interesting variety, very different 

 from our ordinary trees. In my garden it 

 grows very slowly, and as far south as Rome 

 and Naples the larger trees are imported. fio. ,56.^rdy Paim. 



The various Coniferous plants require more space than my garden 

 can afford ; nevertheless some interest attaches to the few we possess. 

 Even the common Scotch Fir [Pinus sylvesiris) lends beauty to the 

 landscape, with its dark green foliage, and when grown with other trees 

 the colour of the bark of the naked stem adds much to the picturesque 

 effect. We have four or five old trees about the place, which are 

 valuable additions. To view the Scotch pine in perfection, it should 

 be seen by the light of the setting sun, when its effect is magnificent. 

 The Pinus Pinaster, of which we have only small trees, is a noble pine. 

 I have tried P. insignis, which is remarkable for its grass-green colour 

 but it has been killed by frost, although it flourishes at the top of 

 St. George's Hill. I have not yet ascertained whether the P. Pinea 

 or Stone Pine, which gives such a. peculiar character to Italian scenery, 

 will live at my garden. 



Of all the Fir tribe, for lawn decoration none can surpass Abies 

 Pinsapo. It grows slowly, and is impatient of removal. I killed a 

 splendid tree by removing it. The Abies Douglasii is also a fine pine. 



