THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
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variety of colours of foliage, with all the various intervening shades 
contrasting or blending together. Seen from the glen, tlie braes 
and crags form the lower sky-line, with here and there the pines 
dotted along, and allowing the eye to wander to the very summit of 
the seat, where again we have the pines as a margin between us 
and the sky. Covered with such a profusion and variety of trees, 
this romantic and classic mountain would stand out a much more 
attractive object in the beautiful landscape than it even now is; 
while its proximity to such a noble city as the Scottish metropolis, 
and its being seen to advantage from so many different points, would 
render it famous to an extraordinary degree. Prom the summit of 
the hill, sloping eastwards, a detailed and particular description of 
the various shelvings or plateaux that occur is perhaps not neces- 
sary to be given ; it may be sufficient if we keep in view that, for 
the sake of preserving harmony of colour and general effect, each 
rising piece of ground of about the same level, although separated 
by ravines or hollows, ought to be planted with the same variety of 
trees, such as Scotch fir, P. Austriaca, etc., while the hollows them- 
selves may be larch or hardwood alternating ; so that from different 
points of view the lights and shades of the various foliage may be 
best seen, or even the entire mountain itself made to appear as one 
vast plantation of the same variety, or very nearly so. 
Proceeding in a general way with this extensive planting, we con- 
tinue our course eastwards by St. Anthony’s Chapel and the Hunter’s 
Bog ; and for the back part of the chapel a mixture of trees would 
be required, although the ground should by no means be packed; 
and at a distance from the ruins the black American spruce (A. 
nigra), Norway spruce (P. excelsa), Acacia robinia, and Cedrus 
deodara ; while, more in front, as already proposed, the variegated 
elder, bird-cherry {G. padus) and thorns of sorts. The two shelvings 
to the south and east of the chapel would have a pleasing effect if 
planted, the lower one with sugar maple (Acer saccharinum) , ash- 
leaved maple (A. fraxinijoliuni) , scarlet oak (Q- coccinea), and a nice 
belting of Pinus laricio ; the upper with Acer Fennsylvanica, common 
oak, and purple beech, and a belting of P. Austriaca. 
In passing to the south side of the hill from St. Leonards by 
Samson’s Kibs, we come upon a splendid level, suitable for an oak 
and other hardwood plantation, together with several capital spots 
for some of our more notable pines. Again we climb the hill-side 
to the south, and plant in a manner similar to that suggested for 
the north and east— although the Ribs could be much more easily 
planted than the Crags ; and in this locality there are also some 
excellent situations for clumps of pines of sorts. Descending to 
Duddiugton Loch, it should be surrounded with the Huntingdon 
willow, Abele poplar (P. alha), the black Italian poplar (P. monili- 
alder (Alnun rjlutinosa), and, at a short distance from the water, 
with the birch. At this beautiful sheet of water we stand at the 
southern boundary of the royal demesne, and here our planting 
operations terminate. 
With such an extent and variety of surface to work upon, any- 
thing like a minute detail of the proposed planting operations would 
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