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floribunda, Ailanthus, and all pollarded and weeping trees. Among trees which have a very 

 large leaf are the Ailanthus, Horse Chestnut, Catalpa, Sycamore, Plane, Paulownia, 

 Dimorphanthus ; and in contrast to these may be set the Birch, Hornbeam, Acacia, 

 Gleditschia, Willow, and one or two varieties of Elm and Maple, which are conspicuous for 

 small and elegant foliage. Trees of which the leaves are naturally cut into and indented, 

 or of which a cut leaf (laciniata) form can be obtained, are : Kolreuteria paniculata, 

 Birch, Beech, Lime, Alder, and Maple, which are all very effective, and just as hardy and 

 vigorous as the type. 



Trees which can be grown with a more or less yellow or golden foliage are: Spanish 

 Chestnut, Poplar, Horse Chestnut, Tulip, Hop Tree (Ptelea trifoliata), Elm (two or three 

 varieties), Oak' (Q. concordia), Alder, Sycamore, Ash, Yew, Cypress, and Juniper. Silver 

 or white-leaved forms of the following trees are obtainable: Spanish Chestnut, Elm, Oak, 



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Sycamore, Maple, Negund, Yew, Cypress, and Juniper (alba spicata). Trees with a glaucous 

 colouring are the Willow, Pyrus Aria, or Whitebeam ; Hippophae rhamnoides, or Sea 

 Buckthorn; Crataegus orientalis, and C. tanacetifolia, Populus Bolleana (Aspen); and glaucous 

 varieties of several Conifers can also be secured, among which I may mention : Cedar, 

 Cypress (C. Fraseri), Juniper, and Abies pungens. Among trees that show a reddish 

 or purple foliage, besides the well-known copper Beech, are the purple Plum Prunus Pissardi, 

 the purple Beech, Oak', and Elm. The variety of Maple known as Acer colchicum rubrum has 

 its young shoots of a bright red,, whilst A. Schwedleri shows a delicate pink all over in the 

 spring. The numerous Japanese dwarf Maples present many different shades, from deep red 

 to pale amber, and they form a great ornament to a garden, being, as far as my experience 

 goes, perfectly hardy ; in fact, they have only two faults — (i) they are costly, and (2) they are 

 of very slow growth. The same remark applies to all these out-of-the-way non-natural coloured 

 trees as to those of vety stiff and spiky growth, namely, that they must be planted judiciously 



