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ON FOREST TREES. 
Oncidium triquetrum. Triquetrous-leaved Oncidium.—Al¬ 
though introduced from Jamaica fo the Royal Gardens of Kew by 
Rear Admiral Bligh, so long ago as the year 1793, a figure of this 
beautiful plant never before appeared in any work, from which it 
may perhaps be inferred, that the species was soon lost to our gar¬ 
dens. It has, however, been again introduced by Charles Horsefall, 
Esq., from the same country. The petals are white, tinged with 
pale green, and variously spotted with purple, and the column yellow, 
which gives the flower a very handsome appearance.— Bot. Mag. 3393. 
ASPHODELEZE. 
Tritoma Burcheli.ii. Burchells Tritoma.—This is a beautiful 
perennial plant, quite hardy. It was introduced from the Cape of 
Good Hope, by Mr. Burchell, after whom it has been named. In¬ 
creased by offsets, which are plentifully produced, Bot. Reg. 1745. 
AMARYLLIDEZE. 
Zephyranthes Spofforthiana. Spofforth Zephyranthes. — 
This is an hybrid production from the Z. tubispatha, which has 
white flowers, fertilized by the pollen of the Z. carinata, which has 
large red flowers. It is in every respect intermediate.— Bot. Reg. 1746. 
RURAL AFFAIRS. 
ARTICLE X.—ON FOREST-TREES, WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR 
PICTURESQUE BEAUTY .—(From Gilpin’s Forest Scenery.) 
BY VIOLA. 
In the November number, page 483 of the Register, the reader will 
find the commencement of a series of extracts from the above work, 
which would have been followed by further quotations in the en¬ 
suing months, if unforeseen circumstances had not prevented their 
appearance. 
After having detailed the requisites, which form the picturesque 
beauty of the oak ; our author proceeds to enumerate those adventi¬ 
tious circumstances attending the tree, which contribute to its 
general effect. Speaking as a painter, he exclaims,—“ What is 
more beautiful, for instance, on a rugged foreground, than an old 
tree with a hollow trunk, or with a drooping bough P 
From the withered top also, great use and beauty may result in 
the composition of landscape ; when we wish to break the regularity 
of some continued line, which we would not entirely hide. * * * 
The curtailed trunk discovers the whole ; while the lateral branches 
vigorous and healthy in both, hide any part of the lower landscape, 
which, wanting variety, is better veiled. * * * 
