HOLYROOD PALACE 



99" 



paratively little growth. The trees making most satisfactory- 

 progress are the Scotch or Wych Elm (Ulmus montana). 

 Common Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), and one of the " service " 

 trees (Pyrus hybrida). These are the trees of most arborescent 

 growth, but many sub-arborescent species do well and flower 

 freely ; especially the Siberian Crab (Pyrus baccata), Apple 

 (Pyrus malus) and Pear (Pyrus communis). The two latter 

 fruit very freely in autumn. Laburnums flower more freely 

 here than in some more favourable localities ; while the 

 many varieties of Hawthorn (Crataegus Oxyacantha) are 

 specially attractive in spring. In the North Garden, a fine 

 specimen of the Golden Ash (Fraxinus excelsior, var. 

 aurea) is very conspicuous when in leaf, as also are several 

 Golden Poplars (Populus deltoides, var. aurea) on the south 

 lawn. 



Many species of shrubs are grown here, and those of a 

 flowering nature are very beautiful in their seasons. Among 

 the most ornamental of the evergreen shrubs are many varie- 

 ties of Rhododendron. Garrya elliptica (with its clusters of 

 greenish-yellow catkins) and Cytisus praecox (wreathed, in 

 early spring, with sulphur-yellow blossoms) make a fine 

 show. While the deciduous species, in the multi-coloured 

 forms of Diervilla florida, Buddleia globosa (with its round 

 orange-coloured heads), the charming mauve-tinted Buddleia 

 variabilis, Philadelphus (of various species, with their white 

 odoriferous flowers) and shrubby Spiraeas may be mentioned 

 among many others. 



Roses are not very largely grown, the Hybrid Perpetuals 

 being the kind usually planted, of which the variety Hugh 

 Dickson succeeds best, while the Hybrid Tea (var. Caroline 

 Testout) flowers freely. 



Owing to the very exposed position of the garden on 

 the east side, and as the prevailing wind is from the south- 

 west, flower-gardening presents many difficulties. Only 

 plants of small growth can be utilised with any success in 

 the beds on the lawns. For planting these (for the summer 

 months) zonal-leaved Pelargoniums have been found to be the 



