harmonious grouping of colour is considered, and moreover it 
is deciduous and its beauty in summer is counter-balanced by 
a bareness al the opposite season, and its leaves create a cer- 
tain amount of litter. I am not aware whether the Oolvillea, 
which in the appearance of the leaves, so much resembles the 
Flamboyant, is fast growing or not. The flowers of this latter 
are also scarlet but of the form of the sweet pea and therefore 
less expanded and striking. Another of our flowering trees 
the “ Lilas de l’lnde ” is also fast growing. It has however 
the disadvantage of losing its leaves, .but when full grown it is 
a wide-spreading handsome tree. The “ Badamier ” grows 
swiftly, and is perhaps one of the very best for shade from the 
size and texture of its leaves. It is also deciduous but in the 
fall of the leaf it puts forth a new beauty, the ripe leaf turning 
yellow and red as it falls, just as you may see the Maple and 
the Sumach in the forest of Canada and America add a now 
beauty to the summer. To those mentioned as distin- 
guished by rapidity of growth may be added “ Tecoma Leuco- 
xylon ” and “ Telfairia,” which push up with surprising rapi- 
dity, but they are perhaps better adapted for growing above a 
1 ,200 feet level. 
Utility of shade is another principal quality which ought 
to be kept in view, and here due attention will be doxibtless 
given to the distinction between deciduous trees and those 
which remain green throughout the year. While we would 
deprive ourselves of some of the best of our trees for other 
purposes, if they were to he shut out altogether on that ac- 
count, it would he unwise to plant any number of deciduous 
trees near the same spot. Perhaps the best for shade arc the 
Figs which include such well known favourites as the Banyan 
