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books as "quite hardy," but in the winter of 18G0-61 very many 

 were killed in all parts of the country. There are, however, plenty 

 to be found in the nurseries. P. macrocarpa, a fine spreading tree 

 with very long greyish leaves, growing freely, and attaining ulti- 

 mately a great size. P. Pyreniaca, with bright green leaves and 

 bright orange coloured branches ; very symmetrical in growth and 

 majestic in appearance. In cases where a greater variety is needed, 

 the following deserve first attention on ac.count of their beauty and 

 hardiness : P. Austriaca, P. Beardsleyii, P. Don Peclri, P. Hartwegi, 

 P. Lambertiana, P. Monticola, like the Weymouth pine, but more 

 dense in growth, very suitable for pot culture ; P. muricata, 

 P. pinaster, P. ponderosa, P. sabiniana. The amateur who wishes 

 to indulge largely in conifers may very safely plant all the Pinuses 

 he can procure, as but few of them are tender in constitution, and 

 they make a grand sky line when mixed in the boundary of a property. 

 Many a bleak sandy hill-side at present clothed only with heath, and 

 wauting trees to give it warmth, might with advantage be planted 

 with a selection from this genus. 



Wellingtonia. — Like the famous Deodar, this glorious pine is 

 well known and admired. As a lawn tree it cannot be surpassed 

 for the grandeur of its appearance and its natural tendency, if doing 

 well, to keep itself clothed to the ground. It will thrive in almost 

 any soil, but a substantial loam suits it best. In planting fine 

 specimens it is advisable to take the same care as advised for Arau- 

 carias, and unquestionably the lest time in the whole year^ for the 

 process is the month of October. But, from much experience in 

 planting specimens of some size, I would not hesitate to say that 

 it may be planted at any time from the 1st of September to the first 

 week of May ; many that I have moved in May have thriven so 

 satisfactorily, that they have not lost a leaf, and in the worst cases, 

 a little browning of the lower shoots was all that occurred, and this 

 was soon remedied by a free bottom growth. The advantage of 

 planting in October is that the tree is then perfectly at rest, and 

 has before it a period of six months of cool moist weather, and can 

 make plenty of new roots before there is any serious demands upon 

 the resources of the tree by evaporation. The variations of growth 

 are very slight among trees of this species, a point in which it 

 differs much from some other conifers. We never see, for example, 

 so much variety in a nursery quarter as we see in a quarter of 

 Araucarias ; here there is less necessity for careful selection of 

 plants, though the purchaser should always secure, if possible, trees 

 with straight and well-defined leaders, and with plenty of furniture 

 at the bottom, for this tree should sweep the ground ; and the base 

 of the stem, indeed the stem anywhere, should be hidden by a dense 

 and regular growth. 



Aeboe Vit.es. — In this section I include Biotas, Thuias, and 

 Liboccdrus. A most noble and most useful tree is Biota Japonica, 

 otherwise B. orientalis, the Japanese or oriental arbor-vitse. ^ It 

 grows naturally in a pyramidal form, the colour a rich deep blackish- 

 green. The golden-leaved variety of it, known in the trade as 

 aurea, is a lovely garden tree, invaluable for the front of a choice 



