HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS  .—Much of the beauty of the pleasure garden depends upon the proper selection and disposition of ornamental trees and shrubs . We can only afford space here for lists of some of the better and more useful and ornamental trees and shrubs, old and new . The following list, which is not exhaustive, furnishes material from which a selection may be made to suit various soils and situations . The shrubs marked * are climbers . Hardy Deciduous Trees . Acer—Maple . Fraxinus—Ash . Aesculus—Horse-Chestnut . Ginkgo—Maidenhair Tree . Ailantus—Tree of Heaven . Alnus—Alder . Amygdalus—Almond .

Bet ula—Birch . Carpinus—Hornbeam . Carya—Hickory . Castanea—Sweet Chestnut . Catalpa . Celtis—Nettle Tree . Cercis—Judas Tree . Cotoneaster (some species) . Crataegus—Thorn . Davidia . Diospyros . Fagus—Beech .

Gleditschia—Honey

Locust . Gymnocladus—Kentucky Coffee Tree . Juglans—Walnut . Kolreuteria . Laburnum . Larix—Larch . Liriodendron—Tulip-tree . Magnolia . Morus—Mulberry . Negundo—Box-Elder . Ostrya—Hop Hornbeam . Paulownia .

Planera . Platanus—Plane . Populus—Poplar . Prunus (Plums, Cherries, &c.) . Ptelea—Hop Tree . Pyrus—Pear, &c . Quercus—Oak . Rhus—Sumach . Robinia—Locust Tree . Abies—Silver

Fir . Araucaria—Chili Pine . Arbutus—Strawberry Tree .

Biota—Arbor Vitae . Buxus—Box . Cedrus—Cedar . Cephalotaxus . Cryptomeria—Japan

Cedar . Cupressus—Cypress . Ilex—Holly . Tuniperus—Juniper . Laurus—Bay Laurel . Abelia . Acer—Maple . Amelanchier .

Ampelopsis . * Amygdalopsis . Aralia . Aristolochia . * Berberis—Berberry . Bignonia*—Trumpet Flower . Buddleia . Calophaca . Calycanthus—Carolina Allspice . Caragana . Chimonanthus . Clematis.* Colutea—Bladder Senna .

Cornus—Dogwood . Cotoneaster (some species) . Crataegus—Thorn . Cydonia—Japan

Quince . Cytisus—Broom, &c . Daphne . Deutzia . Edwardsia . Euonymus europaeus—Spindle Tree . Forsythia . Fremontia . Akebia .

* Arbutus . Aucuba—Japan Laurel .

Azara . Bambusa —Bamboo . Berberidopsis . * Berberis—Berberry . Buddleia . Bupleurum . Buxus—Box . Ceanothus . Cerasus—Cherry-Laurel, &c . Cistus–Sun-Rose .

Cotoneaster . Crataegus Pyracantha—Fire

Thorn . Daphne . Desfontainea . Elaeagnus—Oleaster . Erica—Heath . Escallonia . Euonymus . Fabiana . Fatsia (Aralia) . Garrya . Salix—Willow .

Sophora . Taxodium—Deciduous

Cypress . Tilia—Lime . Ulmus—Elm . Virgilia . Xanthoceras . Libocedrus . Magnolia grandiflora . Picea—Spruce Fir . Pinus—Pine . Quercus Ilex—Holm-Oak . Retinospora .

Sciadopitys—Umbrella Pine .

Sequoia (Wellingtonia) . Taxus—Yew . Thuiopsis . Thuya—Arbor Vitae . Tsuga . Genista . Halesia—Snowdrop Tree . Hamamelis—Wych Hazel . Hibiscus—Althaea frutex, &c . Hippophae—Sea Buckthorn . Hypericum—St John's Wort .

Jasminum*—Jasmine . Kerria . Lonicera *—Honeysuckle . Lycium . * Magnolia . M eni spermu m •—M oo nseed . Periploca . * Philadelphus—Mock

Orange . Rhus—Wig Tree, &c . Ribes—Flowering Currant . Robinia—Rose Acacia, &c . Rosa—Rose .

Rubus*—Bramble . Spartium—Spanish

Broom . Spiraea . Staphylaea—Bladder-Nut . Symphoricarpus—Snowberry . Syringa—Lilac . Tamarix—Tamarisk . Viburnum—Guelder Rose, &c . Vitis*—Vine . Weigela . Griselinia . Hedera *—Ivy .

Hypericum—St John's Wort . Ilex—Holly . Jasminum *—Jasmine . Kadsura . * Lardizabala . Laurus—Sweet

Bay . Ligustrum—Privet . Lonicera *—Honeysuckle . Osmanthus . Pernettya . Phillyrea . Photinia .

Rhamnus Alaternus . Rhododendron—Rose-Bay .

Rosa *—Rose . Ruscus . Skimmia . Smilax . * Stauntonia.* Ulex—Furze . Viliurn u m—Laurustinus . Vinca—Periwinkle . Yucca—Adam's Needle . Hardy Evergreen Trees . Hardy Deciduous Shrubs .

Hardy Evergreen Shrubs .