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and shade of colour of each species, the planter might fairly reckon on 

 producing a scenic effect which, although perfectly distinct from that 

 produced by deciduous trees, would be equally, perhaps more really 

 beautiful than the former, with the advantage of even a larger field of 

 materials to work with, for we may select from evergreens every shade 

 of green, including the sombre hue of Pinus pichta, the Irish Yew, and 

 Garrya elliptica, and the softest shades of silver grey, as witnessed in 

 Abies Menziesi, the Swedish Juniper, Sabine's Pine, and Abies Bruno- 

 niana ; then there is the warm green of Pinus insignis and P. tuber- 

 culata, the peculiar glaucous hue of many varieties of Cedar, the full 

 deep green of Abies grandis and Nordmanniana. We might carry 

 these remarks much further, but conclude by pointing to the warm 

 yellow tints of the dwarf Corsican Pine, the gold-striped Yew, and 

 variegated White Cedar, to the many beautiful forms of variegation 

 met with in the Holly, the Euonymus, and some other evergreen 

 plants, as affording the planter every gradation of tint, from the deepest 

 green to a rich golden yellow and silver grey, and leaving him the 

 power to employ each as judgment may direct for producing pictorial 

 effect of the highest class — an effect totally lost by the indiscriminate 

 principle of modern planting. 



Then, as regards habit, what variety of form and outline do not 

 evergreens give us. The spiral form of the upright Cypress holds the 

 same position among evergreens as the Lombardy Poplar among 

 deciduous trees ; while the sharp outline of the Irish Yew and giant 

 Cephalotaxus, with the more graceful and perhaps more beautiful 

 Swedish Juniper, make them indispensable accompaniments to archi- 

 tectural gardening ; and also for breaking up, and contrasting with 

 round-headed trees and shrubs, for which, on a large scale, the large 

 Californian Cypress (C. Lambertiana) will equally apply. Abies grandis, 

 pichta, and Nordmanniana are admirably adapted, from their dense 

 habit and dark foliage, for forming the back ground of plantations ; each 

 belongs to what may be termed the pyramidal section, and their repre- 

 sentatives among the round-headed Pines will be Pinus Benthamiana, 

 austriaca, Montezuma?, and the Pinaster and Stone Pines, P. insignis 

 and radiata holding an intermediate place. The Cedars may occasionally 

 be grouped, but their characteristic habit is best developed when planted 

 singly ; they may be sparingly admitted in the foreground of large masses 

 and plantations, more especially the Deodar and Mount Atlas Cedar ; 

 but the Cedar of Lebanon harmonises completely with no other 

 vegetable form, and requires the ground to itself, unless when planted 

 where it can be said to ally itself with the simple but grand forms of 

 the classic school of architecture, for which it is admirably adapted. 



By a rather singular coincidence, the Coniferous tribe, while fur- 

 nishing the most gigantic forms of vegetation to be met with on the 

 surface of the globe, and as such adapted for the grandest situations 

 where trees will grow, supply us also with specimens equally suited for 

 the villa, the parsonage, and the ferme ornee. Pinus Mugho rarely 

 attains 20 feet in height, with all the characteristics of an old tree ; 

 Pinus pumilio is yet dwarfer ; Abies orientalis is a dwarf and elegant 

 form of the common Spruce, and there are many other dwarf varieties 



