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'■'.}. C'lethra alnifolia (White Alder). 



4. Ehodora Canadensis. 



b. Azalea nudiflora (Pinxter Flower). 



ii. Viburnum opulus sterilis (Guelder Koso, or Snowball Tree). 



?. Oalycanthus floridus (Carolina Allspice, or Sweet-scented Shrub). 



5. Spiraea Douglasii. 



9. Euonymus atropurpureus (Burning-bush, or Spindle-tree), 



10, Crataegus coccineajl. pi. (Scarlet double-flowering Thorn). 



And the following trees would have been added, in the following order, had 

 the election-list been thirty-five, instead of twenty-five : 



1. Acer dasycarpum (White Maple). 



2. Fagus sglvatica (European Beech). 



o. Magnolia tripetala, or Umbrella Magnolia, 



4. Quercus concordia (Golden Oak). 



5. Quercus fastigiata (Pyramidal Oak). 



G. Magnolia macrophylla (Great-leaved Magnolia). 

 r ,. Acer Pseudo-Platamis (Sycamore Maple). 

 8. Alnus glutinosa laciniata (Cut-leaved Alder). 

 0. Oxgdendrum arboreum (Sorrel-tree). 

 10. Catalpa bignonioides (common Catalpa). 



It will be observed that several Magnolias are mentioned in the above lists. 

 Messrs. T. C. Maxwell & Bros, remark, after naming two in their list: "But 

 there are other Magnolias of great value and exceeding beauty. By experiment 

 and careful sifting, the great desideratum of hardiness has been secured, and 

 when the fact is thoroughly made known, no attraction for the lawn will be 

 more eagerly sought." 



HORTICULTURE IX EUROPE AND AMERICA.. 



Under date of October, 1876, Prof. W. J. Beal, of the Agricultural College, 

 wrote to Secretary Thompson that among the Sophomores now in attendance 

 at the College is a stalwart young man from Denmark, Europe. He had been 

 in this country less than two years, when he was advised, in answer to his 

 inquiries of the editor of the American Agriculturist, to come to this College. 

 So far, he has worked his own way in this country, and now stands respected 

 for manners and scholarship by every one in his class. 



At one of the regular weekly exercises last week, he read the following orig- 

 inal piece, which seems to me worthy of a place in the horticultural literature 

 of the State : 



Happiness is the prime object in human life, the one thing which every one 

 is always striving to possess. Among all the sources from which happiness 

 may flow, the enjoyment of the surroundings and productions of nature, is 

 perhaps' the richest, purest, and most gratifying. Horticulture, in all its 

 departments, from the transplanting of tire little, delicate seedling, to the lay- 

 ing out of a landscape, deals wholly with nature, and gives the best opportunity 



