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Wood. 
scattered amongst them grew up and 
overtopped them, and it then became 
a question whether or not to leave the 
intruders for the final crop, so quickly 
did they gain the mastery. Wherever 
there are scattered trees of fair size, 
seedlings fit for planting are usually 
plentiful, and if pulled up by hand 
while still small and dibbled in where 
required, every one will grow. It is 
not a tree which can be kept long in a 
nursery, for after the second year it out- 
grows the planting size and, like the 
Ash,makesatallwand-likeleaderwhich 
often " hangs fire " for several years after 
transplanting. 
A recent contributor to the 
Transactions of the English 
Arboricultural Society describes the 
wood as being "yellowish white, with 
equally distributed vessels. The medul- 
lary rays difier in size, satiny and 
straight ; in the Plane they are broad 
and deeper. The annual rings are fine 
and distinct. Bark is somewhat scaly, 
peeling offin sections, which are smaller 
than those of Plane. The rind remains 
smooth for a long time." The wood is j 
valued for many purposes, great quanti- 
ties being used for fancy articles such as 
nick-nacks and ornamental boxes, for 
which its light colour, fine grain, and 
high polish render it particularly well . 
adapted. It is also much used by 
cabinet-makers, but Lancashire and 
Yorkshire offer the chief markets, Syca- j 
more beingingreatdemand for bobbin- 
wood, machine-rollers, and many other 
purposes connected with the mills. 
Quantities of this wood are also used 
for the rollers of washing and wringing 
machines. Its heat value compares 
favourably with Beech, when tested 
under the same conditions. It may 
indeed be classed as a good fuel, 
rendering fierce heat which is well 
sustained, though with little flame or 
sparkle. For the making of charcoal 
it is fully as good as the Beech. 
J. SIMPSON. 
References. — Evelyn's Silva, vol. i, pp. 47 and 193 ; 
Loudon, Arboretum, vol. i, p. 414 ; A^athieu, Flore Fores- 
tidre, p. 37 ; Selby, Forest Trees, p. 14 ; Simpson, New 
Forestry, p. 94 ; Cobbett, Woodlands, par. 400 ; Webster, 
Practical Forestry, many notes; Mouillefert, Essences 
Forestieres, p. 203 ; Woods and Forests, many notes. 
NARCISSUS, "COUNT 
VISCONTI." 
This is a large form of N. Joh7istoni^ 
and a clear pale-yellow flower of pecu- 
liarly graceful outline, the trumpet of 
exquisite waxen texture, and a shade 
brighter in colour than the perianth. 
This Narcissus combines finish of form, 
grace, and substance, in a very high 
degree. It gained an award of merit 
from the Royal Horticultural Society, 
and at the great Midland show of Daffo- 
dils, when exhibited by Miss Willmott 
in April of last year. 
Lismore, Ireland. F. W. CURREY. 
