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of them been removed years ago ; then the remainder would 
have been valuable timber. In these old untouched woods a 
preat deal of good could still be done by removing dead trees 
■and branches and thinning out the other trees, letting the most 
promising ones remain toi benefit, by the removal of the others. 
Another thing which is of importance in these plantations, 
but which is often neglected, is the keeping up of the fences*, 
for, when, the fences are in ba.d repair, cattle easily obtain 
access* into the place® and soon cause a, lot, of damage by bark¬ 
ing and otherwise injuring young trees. It, is often due to 
injury while in a young state* that trees fail to do what isi 
expected of them by the* planters, and a, little attention to the 
fences would be well repaid. In, an annual overhauling the 
fences would naturally be looked round, and if not allowed to* 
get into a bad state in the first* place the necessary work on, 
them would be small. W. Dallimore. 
Notes on th 2 Illustrations in this Issue. 
Asparagus umbellatus. 
Several varieties of Asparagus of ornamental character h*a,ve 
recently received extended cultivation on .account* of their 
utility for decorative purposes either while growing in pots 
or baskets or in the cut state. That under notice, is* a native* 
of the Canary Islands., but* has not* yet* been honoured with a 
wave of popularity, though we think it might be* turned t*o 
useful account in various ways, but particularly for planting 
against pillars* in the greenhouse*, cool conservatory or winter 
garden, where, the stems would furnish an excellent* drapery 
to the* iron pillars and might be allowed to run up to a con¬ 
siderable height with advantage. It is* rather a strong-grow¬ 
ing species, but even when of large, size it is very handsome 
when in flower, and afterwards., on account* o*f the strongly- 
marked tints of colour by which the old and the* young foliage 
are contrasted. 
The flowers are relatively small, as in other species of 
Asparagus*, hut they are pure white, fragrant, and produced 
in sufficient* numbers to he effective, especially in conjunction 
with the foliage. They are produced in large numbers along 
the younger shoots*, so that trails of them might be cut for 
any given purpose if required. 
We* do not* speak of Asparagus as having leaves, even 
although we may speak of the foliage in a general way, because 
that* would not. be strictly correct. The so-called leaves, are 
merely little twiglets, and upon them the beauty of an Aspara¬ 
gus largely depends. These twiglets. we term eladodia. In 
this instance they are. 1 in. long, needle-like, and when tully 
developed are of a dark glaucous green, very strongly re¬ 
calling the colour of the foliage of Fennel. These eladodia* are 
arranged in, semi-circular fascicles running round the stems 
and twigs of the plant*. The more recently-developed branches 
hear eladodia that, are of a light yellow-green for some time, 
thus producing a- fine contrast with the. fully-developed ones 
above described. It would, of course, he necessary to tie 
the main, stems to* the pillar, a,s in any other species employed 
in a similar way, because, although the stems are furnished 
with grey triangular hooksi useful in, climbing when growing 
1 amongst, other vegetation in a wild state*, they are scarcely 
suitable* for climbing upon pillars 1 . 
The accompanying illustration represents a* plant about, 
20 ft. high or more covering some iron pillars* that support the 
roof of the Temperate house at Kew. Being a* strong-growing 
species, it might not answer for pot-work, but it might be 
used in large hanging baskets where the. stems are of more 
moderate growth, and therefore suitable for that kind of work 
in cool houses. 
Lilium Henryi. 
It is hardly necessary to offer any eulogium in praise of 
this splendid Lily of fairly recent introduction from TVestern 
China, seeing that it is now finding its way into so* many 
gardens on its own merits. 
According to the vigour of the* stems, they produce from 
three to twenty-five or more flowers, and vary from 3 ft*, to 
10 ft. in height, according to. the conditions under which they 
have been grown, for we understand that, they have even 
reached dimensions equal to half that height again. They 
attain their greatest size, when planted in a, cool, airy greem 
house, but* when grown in the open air about G ft*, is more 
near their average, height, and that we consider is quite suffi¬ 
cient. for any puipose, as the. flowers are not s*o. much above 
the eye. A plant o*f that height was selected for our illustra¬ 
tion, because on taller stems the flowers would have appeared 
very much smaller. The latter, in their best condition,, are 
of a beautiful soft orange-apricot or rich apricot, spotted and 
marked with red lines on the centre of the flower, but these 
markings, a*s a rule, are not very conspicuous, so that the 
flower appears self coloured at a short, distance. 
It is most nearly allied to L. speciosum, but differs in 
Asparagus umbellatus. 
having broader leaves* on the top of the stem, narrower seg¬ 
ments t*o the flower, and, of course, very markedly in colour. 
It is of the easiest cultivation, and may Le grown in any well- 
drained but* fairly moist and substantial garden soil. If 
planted among evergreen* or deciduous bushes* of just sufficient 
height to shade the ground and shelter the young stems it* will 
succeed, increasing in strength from year to year, and giving 
the greatest satisfaction. This species also succeeds very well 
when grown in pots* and forced, and may be timed to come in 
at various seasons of the year. Notwithstanding the un¬ 
favourable character of the p*ast season, this again flowered 
well in the open grounds at Kew. 
Lilium canadense flavum. 
The Canadian Lily is not confined to Canada, but grows over 
the o-reater extent of North America, including the United 
States and California. Judging from its wide distribution 
alone, one would suspect it being a. variable Lily, and this is 
the. case, but chiefly in minor botanical particulars. These, 
