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Thuja Dumosa — A real Dwarf Arbor Vita?, growing only about three feet 

 high, with short flat branchlets, of a peculiarly beautiful greeu iu the summer; 

 browns iu winter. 



Thuja Cristata — A dwarf, compact, curious novelty, — a really interestinj^ 

 addition to this class of Dwarf Arbor Vitfes. 



Thuja Nana — {Hooper's Divarf) — This beautiful dwarf originated with the 

 distinguished nurseryman whose name it bears. It is very compact and bright, 

 — one of the best. 



Thuja Vervaeneana — A very pretty and distinct variety, with slender 

 branches and a beautiful golden color. 



Thuja Pendula — The Weeping Arbor Vit?e, like all the weeping evergreens, 

 needs a little care and skill in its management, when it makes a very satis- 

 factory appearance. 



Thuja Pyramidalis — This variety is remarkably upright and compact, 

 forming a slender pillar of green ; it is quite desirable and attractive, 



Taxus Adpressa Stricta — This is another erect, compact evergreen ; has 

 dark, glossy, green leaves, and is without doubt one of the most hardy of its 

 species. 



Taxus Canadensis Variegata — This is a variety of our American Yew, with 

 foliage handsomely striped with yellow. With a little annual clipping, it will 

 form a very compact bush, and present a very cheerful appearance. 



Taxus Washijigtonii — Of this plant, Messrs. Hoopes Brothers & Thomas 

 say, "A rare novelty, of quite vigorous growth, very beautifully variegated, 

 with deep golden yellow spots and stripes." I am very much pleased with the 

 small j)lants we received about a year ago. 



Some of the Biotas and lletinosporas are wonderfully beautiful, but the fear 

 that they are not sufficiently hardy detei's me from any definite description. 



Those who are interested in evergreens, and can afford it, should give the 

 best of them a trial, protecting with evergreen boughs during winter. Some 

 of the sorts may prove valuable. 



T. C. MAXWELL. 



REPORT ON ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Mr. George Ellwanger presented the following report of the Committee on 

 Ornamental Trees and Shrubs : 



In presenting the annual report of new and rare ornamental trees, shrubs, 

 etc., and also of those varieties better known and entitled to more than or- 

 dinary consideration on account of their particular adaptability in rendering 

 our homes cheerful and pleasant, and our country more beautiful and inviting, 

 we wish especially to direct attention to what is, unfortunately, too much neg- 

 lected, — the planting of ornamental trees and shrubs, a thing within easy access 

 of all, even the most humble ; and whose benefits are shared, not only by the 

 present, but also by the generation to come. 



A home is hardly a home, despite the many attractions that may be within, 

 unless something without, with its cheerful presence, serves to add to its at- 

 tractiveness as well, — from the rose bush or flowering shrub, distilling incense 

 from each opening bud ; the Virgin's Boiver or ivy vine, that weave their in- 

 tricate net-work around the porch, to the shade tree that offers its leafy um- 

 brage to the passer-by, or the evergreen that, even in winter, suggests warmth 

 and bids defiance to the chilling blast. 



Trees are without, what pictures and works of art are within. They clothe 



