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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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It is a very distinct and extremely handsome form, with broad 
leaves beautifully mottled, splashed, and streaked with clear white. 
The variegation is so strongly marked that the value and effective¬ 
ness of the tree can scarcely be overrated. Another very pro¬ 
mising Maple which has also originated at Isleworth is at present 
unnamed. In this the petioles are bright red, and the blade of 
the leaf is streaked with pink, white, and green, the first-named 
tint being particularly bright. Acer Schwedleri has its young 
growths bright red, and when the tree has attained a good size 
it is most attractive ; either planted singly or amongst others it 
is very ornamental. Acer elegantissimum, which, like many 
others, is a variety of A. pseudo-platanus, deserves a high place in 
the ranks of thoroughly useful and handsome Maples. The body 
colour of the leaves is a deep rich green, and the variegation a 
clear bright yellow. This does not appear to be much known at 
present, but it is undoubtedly destined to attract popular favour, 
and may be justly described as one of the best in commerce. 
Acer Reitembachii is a magnificent variety when in good condi¬ 
tion, its large rich purple glossy leaves being uncommonly showy. 
Acer purpureum is another purple-leaved form, but scarcely rival- 
Fig. 12 .—Cvtisus runruiiEUS major. 
ling the former. Of the numerous other Maples grown the 
following deserve brief mention—Acer Leopoldi, variegated with 
white and pink ; A. platanoides variegatum, very fine, white and 
yellow ; A. purpureum variegatum, purple and yellow, handsome ; 
A. laevigatum, red stems and petioles ; A. platanoides dissectnm, 
leaves elegantly cut ; A. laciniatum, also with cut leaves ; A. pla- 
tanoides cucullatum, peculiar hooded leaves; and A. villosum, 
which has extremely large green leaves—indeed it is scarcely 
excelled among Maples in the size of the leaves. 
Almost all the common genera of trees and shrubs are similarly 
represented by beautiful forms that are only too little known. 
Elms of most diverse characters and habit are seen, also Chest¬ 
nuts, Limes, Ashes, Walnuts, Beeches, Birches, Cherries, Pears, 
Thorns, Elders, Filberts, Alders, Poplars, and Willows, with many 
others, variegated, weeping, and strangely formed — a host of 
notabilities, the description of which would far exceed our purpose 
at present. Though it is invidious to select one for special com¬ 
ment from amongst so many that are good, these notes may be 
fittingly concluded by a reference to a flowering shrub that was 
certainly unsurpassed in the whole collection at the time of our 
visit, and which well merits a place in every garden where shrubs 
are valued. This is 
Cytisus purpureus major, of which the woodcut (fig. 12) re¬ 
presents a spray, well showing the chief characters as regards the 
disposition of the flowers on the branches, but which can convey 
no idea of the tree’s greatest attraction, the rich bright purple hue 
