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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Garrya elliptica. Evergreen. 



Hedera Helix (Ivy). Evergreen, very numerous varieties, almost 



all of which do well in London, but some are tender. 

 Lonicera Periclymenum (Honeysuckle). 

 Lonicera chinensis. 

 Forsythia viridissima. 

 Jasminum officinale. 

 Jasminum nudiflorum. 

 Periploca grseca. 



Lycium Barbarum. As a cover for sheds, &c. 

 Solanum Dulcamara. 



Aristolochia Sipho. Good for covering walls, sheds, arches. 

 Ficus Carica (Fig). Excellent in towns. 

 Smilax aspera. 



In the discussion which followed — 



Mr. Geokge Paul expressed his concurrence with most of 

 what Dr. Masters had advanced, and urged the necessity of greater 

 attention on the part of public bodies to the proper planting of 

 trees, &c, and of permitting an outlay sufficient for the due 

 preparation of the soil and the subsequent care of the trees. 

 He recommended the study of Dr. Masters' lists in order that 

 more variety might be secured than had hitherto been thought 

 possible. Dr. Masters' unfavourable experience with regard to 

 Ehododendrons was, Mr. Paul continued, rather due to unsuit- 

 able soil than to polluted atmosphere, as at Pendleton and other 

 suburbs of Manchester they succeeded admirably, fietinospora 

 plumosa was recommended as a desirable plant for the suburbs 

 where the old Arbor Vitse failed. The curious fact that so 

 many of the plants manifesting resistance to unhealthy town- 

 conditions were of Japanese extraction was noted, Skimmias, 

 Aucubas, Osmanthus, &c, being cited in illustration. All these 

 have glazed skins and thick leaves. 



Mr. George Nicholson did not quite accept Dr. Masters' 

 estimate of the Lime. It is true there are Limes and Limes : 

 the common one is objectionable enough in many ways, as it 

 becomes infested with insects, and red-spider causes it to drop 

 its leaves very early in hot seasons. Mr. Nicholson had seen 

 whole streets planted with common Lime where scarcely a tree 

 had any foliage left on it, and that before the end of August. The 

 small-leaved Lime (Tilia cor data), under the same conditions, 



