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anywhere else under such ch'cumstances, I can only state the 

 fact. I have, in one or two mstances, found the Cedar of 

 Lebanon flourishing under nearly similar exposure." Possibly 

 some one at this conference may be able to Corroborate Gilpin, 

 and add further names to my short list of seaside Conifers. 



Finus muricata grows along the Californian coast exposed 

 to sea winds and fogs. Has this been tried as a sea-coast plant 

 in Britain ? It does well inland, at Kew and elsewhere, but, like 

 P. insignis — at Kew at any rate— is more liable to be injured by 

 the attacks of the larv£e of Hylicrgus pinii:)ercla than most other 

 Pines. The cones of P. muricata have been known to persist 

 twenty or thirty years, and then release good seeds. 



Conifers of Small Size suitable for Eockwork, &c. 



Thuya ocoidentalis Ellwangeriana 

 CliamcTscyparis Lawsoniana nana 



„ glauca 



,, obtusa nana 



,, ,, ,, aurea 



Juniperus Sabina prostrata 



cliinensis nana; or, as it ia 

 sometimes called, J.japonica 

 ,, nana 

 Taxus baccata ericoides 



Taxus baccata Dovastonii 

 Podocarpus alpina 

 Pinus silvestris pygmsea 



,, montana 



,, Laricio pygmnsa 



,, Strobus nana 

 Picea nigra Doumettii 



,, excelsa Clanbrassiliana 

 pygmfea 

 Cryptomeria elegans nana 



Discussion. 



The Eev. C. Wolley Dod was surprised to find that Mr. 

 Nicholson had excluded the Douglas Fir from his list of trees 

 recommended for ornamental grounds. Twenty- three years ago 

 Mr. Dod had gone to live a few miles south of Chester, where 

 the soil was the stiff boulder clay of the New Eed Sandstone 

 formation, with a cold and wet subsoil. There were then no 

 Conifers on the estate, except a few Larch and Scotch Fir. 

 The prevailing timber was Oak. Mr. Dod consulted Mr. John 

 Standish, then at Ascot Nurseries, and proceeded to try in 

 Cheshire every Conifer recommended as likely to prove orna- 

 mental or useful. New enclosures were made, old plantations 

 cut down and renovated, and every chance given to the trees to 

 do well. Of all the Conifers then planted the Douglas Firs have 

 done decidedly the best. Several hundred of these were planted 

 in different situations and aspects, and, except wdiere exposed 

 fully to westerly gales, they have universally done well, some of 

 them being now over fifty feet high and well furnished. Of the 



