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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
Pinus Austriaca and Pinu3 maritima, might be planted -with advan- 
tage. At the south corner of the lodge, a large cluster intermixed, 
and in a pear-shaped form, of Turkey oak (Q. cerris), scarlet oak (Q. 
coccmea), purple beech (A. s. purpu7'ea), ami sycamore (A. pseudo- 
platanus), would show extremely weU, extending from the lodge 
southwards, and returning to the palace along the drive in an 
avenue of the sycamore, scarlet horse-chestnut, the lime, and beech 
{F. sylvatica), in equal proportions, sufficient space being left be- 
tween each to admit of one Cedrus deodara on both sides of the 
drive, and onwards the gold and silver striped holly {Ilex variegata) 
and common holly {I. aguifolmvi). 
Passing round to the south-west front by Dumbiedykes, and on 
by St. Leonards, the whole of the buildings in sight require to be 
shut out from view of the park, and for this purpose I would plant 
a line of the Lombardy and black Italian poplars along the entire 
length of the wall; in front the Weymouth pine (P. strobus), Abies 
Fouglasii, A. excelsa, and P. Austriaca, intermixed, would form a 
magnificent screen. The tall pyramidal Lombardy poplar, with the 
broader set and more majestic black Italian poplar, and Pinus in 
front, would effectually conceal what is not wanted in the view at 
this point, and at the same time form in themselves very attractive 
objects. 
The flat ground here, extending to both sides of the drive and 
old meadows, would make a splendid pinetum, the soil and situation 
being suitable for almost all the varieties. The magnificent 
Wellingtonia would be entirely at home here, as also the deciduous 
cypress {Gupi'essus distichum), the pines, and abies ; while the piceas, 
excelled by none of the others in beauty, would, as a whole, luxu- 
riate in this part of the ground ; likewise the cupressus, thujas, etc., 
etc. The pinetum could be finished off by a plantation of Pinus 
Austriaca and larch {Larix Europcea) sloping up to and finishing at 
St. Leonards railway station. 
Turning now to Salisbury Crags for the purpose of planting, the 
more rugged portions and jutting rocks ought to be left open and 
freely exposed. The Pinus mughus and P. montana might be inter- 
spersed here and there, but by no means so thickly as to conceal 
the wild beauty of the crags. These two varieties get bushy and 
hang out from the rocks, and they would therefore be in fine keep- 
ing with the general outline. Where a suitable spot offered, one or 
two larch should be slipped in, and these would make tolerable trees, 
and at the same time form a mixture with the P. mughus ; the bright 
green of the larch in spring and yellow in autumn would contrast 
well with the more sombre foliage of the mughus. 
The steep braes sloping down from the Crags towards the valley 
might be appropriately covered with a wild intermixed mass of such 
as the sloe (Prunus spinosa), the hazel {Corylus avellana), the bird- 
cherry (Cerasus padus), thorns of sorts, double and single scarlet 
and double white crategus, laburnum (Oytisus laburnum), elder 
{Sambucus) of sorts, intermingled with whin {Ulex Europcea) and 
broom {Cytisus scoparms). In these we should have such a magni- 
ficent mass of Mild luxuriance as would hide the present barren. 
