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of the fine Quercus obtusala were formerly horizontal, having to extend 

 over a ring of Quercus Ilex. This ring, in order to open out so im- 

 portant a specimen, was removed some years ago, and now the lower 

 branches are bent towards the ground, so that the original trees 

 of Quercus Ilex could certainly not be replaced. These lower branches 

 that have changed direction are about from 2 J to 3 inches in diameter. 

 It is not possible that weight of foliage can have lowered these branches. 

 Another interesting case showing apparently a redisposition of heavy 

 branches may be mentioned in a fine Cedrus Libani. Some years 

 ago a big limb was blown entirely out of the tree, leaving a big, ugly, 

 and conspicuous space. Now it would be impossible for any stranger 

 to say that a limb had ever been lost, though still some evidence of 

 the scar on the main trunk remains. Probably the growth of the 

 main trunk has altered the disposition of branches, but the nature 

 of the tree is such that the filling up could not have been effected 

 by new growth of the branches themselves. 



List of Trees. 



The references are to the numbers preceding the name of the tree in the text. 



Acer creticum, 8 



Pinus monophylla, 17 



Ginnala, 31 



montana uncinata, 2 



monspessulanum, 8 



Mughus, 2 



Ailanthus glandulosa, 27 



Pumilio, 2 



Asimina triloba, 7 



Populus italica, 41 



Berberis Fremonti, 12 



nigra viridis, 40 



Betula papyrifera, 26 



serotina, 39 



Cedrela sinensis, 30 



Prumnopitys elegans, 19 



Cercis Siliquastrum, 9 



Prunus pendula, 35 



canadensis, 9 



Pterocarya caucasica, 10 



Citrus trifoliata, 25 



Pyrus Aria, 34 



Crataegus tanacetifolia, 28 



Sorbus, 33 



var. glabra, 28 



Quercus obtusata, 6 



Drimys Winteri, 23 



Rhus Osbeckii, 36 



Ephedra nebrodensis var. procera, 5 



Rosa Brunonii, 14 



Eucalyptus Gunnii, 24 



macrophylla, 13 



var. montana, 24 



moschata, 14 



Fendlera rupicola, 38 



Sophora japonica, 11 



Garry a elliptica, 21 



Thuja orientalis var. pendula, 4 



Hippophae salicifolia, 16 



Tilia petiolaris, 20 



Juglans nigra, 29 



Ulmus campestris, 47 



Juniperus excelsa, 18 



xhollandica, 49 



Koelreuteria paniculata, 32 



montana var. major, 49 



Larix dahurica, 3 



nitens, 42 



var. pendula, 3 



var. Hunnybuni, 44 



Paulownia imperialis, 22 



Sowerbyi, 43 



tomentosa, 22 



sativa, 46 



Phellodendron amurense, 37 



xvegeta, 48 



japonicum, 37 



glabra x nitens unnamed, 50 



Pinus Gerardiana, 1 



Xanthoceras sorbifolia, 15 



