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all these different names. Almost all nur¬ 
serymen are alike in this respect, and the 
only real cure will be an increased knowledge 
of trees and shrubs on the part of the pur¬ 
chasers, which will render it impossible to 
impose false kinds upon them. In the mean 
time I may mention that Mr. Loudon has 
found the trees and shrubs in the nursery of 
Messrs. Whitley and Osborn, at Fulham, more 
correctly named than in most others. 
In planting masses of trees and shrubs, 
great care should be taken to hide the dug 
ground around them, which always forms a 
scar in the landscape. The best way of 
doing this is to cover all the space between 
the shrubs with grass, and to tie down the 
branches of the trees to pegs or stakes fixed 
in the earth, so as to make the trees feather 
down to the ground. Where this cannot be 
accomplished, on account of the expense of 
clipping the grass, for it cannot be mown 
among the trees, ivy may be pegged down over 
the dug ground, or evergreen trailing roses, 
of which there are many kinds especially 
adapted for this purpose. There is one gene¬ 
ral rule relating to the planting of trees and 
