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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL OCIETY. 



Comus Mas aurea and C. Spathi. 



Cotoneaster affinis, with clusters of bright red berries. 



Crataegus coccinea maxima. 



Edwardsia microphylla. 



Ericas in great variety. 



Eurya latifolia. 



Garrya elliptica foemina, a rare plant. 



Hollies in great variety, to one of which, Lawsoniana, a First 

 Class Certificate was given. 

 Hypericum Moserianum. 

 Magnolia grandiflora. 

 Pernettyas in great variety. 

 Persica purpurea. 



Phillyrea decora, bearing a quantity of fruits like Sloes. 

 Quercus concordia. 



Syringa hyacinthina fl. pi., with bronzy leaves. 

 Ulmus aurea, the Golden Elm. 



Veronica cupressoides, a tiny plant only a few inches high ; 

 V. salicornoides, almost golden ; and V. lycopodioides, to all 

 three of which First Class Certificates were given. 



Viburnum Oxycoccus and V. Opulus aureus. 



Collection of Specimens of Trees and Shrubs sent 

 to the Conference from the Gardens of the Duke of 



BUCCLEUCH AT DALKEITH, MIDLOTHIAN, BY Mr. MALCOLM 



Dunn. 



The gardens and pleasure-grounds at Dalkeith, where the 

 trees and shrubs are growing from which the specimens 

 sent to the Conference had been collected, extend to about 200 

 acres, through which the North Esk and South Esk rivers flow 

 on their way to the sea, about three miles distant. They lie at 

 an altitude of 120 to 200 feet above sea-level, with a gentle 

 northern slope towards the Firth of Forth, and are well sheltered 

 by woods and many fine old trees. The soil is a sandy loam, 

 resting on an open, gravelly subsoil, through which water 

 percolates freely. A light-coloured sandstone is the prevailing 

 rock, which crops out in picturesque cliffs along the banks of 

 the rivers, which are well clothed with trees and beautifully draped 

 with Ivy and other creeping plants. Below the sandstone lie 



