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Tennessee to the AMA south-western portions of N. Carolina. A 
portrait of a very fine tree of this latter (in flower) in Professor 
Sargent’s grounds is Pent in n Garden and Forest,” (vol. i., 1888, p 92). 
The tree in question has been planted about 40 years, is about 40 feet 
high, and has a spread of upwards of 60 feet. 
‘atalpa speciosa at the time of my visit was in full flower. The 
inflorescence is more lax than that of C. bignonioides, the individual 
hitherto proved, it appears to be oue of the most promising trees for 
planting on the almost treeless beh prairies, notwithstanding the 
intense heat (often for long periods without rain), and, moreover, Brewing 
rapidly. This sponsa is worthy the attention of landscape garden 
and others in this countr 
Ligustrum Ibota. —The form of this species I have seen cultivated 
in Britain is a somewhat stiff-growing by no means striking bush, with 
erect panicles. The one grown in quantity for ornament ‘by rofessor 
Sargent is a graceful, very floriferous shrub, with pendulous peapa 
and is decidedly one of the most desirable members of the genus; it 
only requires to be seen in character to be fully appreciated Ur d all 
growers of trees and shrubs. 
ydrangea vestita, var. pubescens, a Chinese plant, is quite hardy 
here, and at the end of J une was in full flower; it is a handsome bush, 
Acers.—The North-eastefn American item A. dasycarpum and 
A. rubrum, do well here, and d for m fine trees, the former very one of 
the commonest trees for street siiig "The sugar maple (4. saccha- 
rinum) also does well, and makes a fine object, either in streets or as a 
single specimens, on lawns; one perfect specimen at Holm Lea, branched 
ou eet high, and worthy i 
size, and possesses apparently the same immunity from insect attacks as 
the sugar maple. As a rule, the common sycamore (4. Pseudo-platanus) 
is an unsatisfactory tree in the Eastern United States. The Ja 
the decaying S NDS brilliant. 
inga oblata here is the first lilac to flower; the leaves are 
leathery, p are never attacked by a mildew which often greatly 
disfigures all the varieties of S. vulgaris in the United States. This 
species should be utilised by hybridisers to obtaiu a race with the leaves 
of S. pese and the large flowers of S. vulgaris. In Britain its 
early flowering propensities are rather against it, as the flowers are 
"obere Taaie by late frosts. S. pubescens is looked upon b 
Professor Sargent as one of the best shrubs which have been introduced 
within the last 20 years; the flowers are small individualiy, but are 
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