THE FUCHSIA. 



No. 10, American Arbor Vita. — As a small tree for small gardens, this is very 

 (li'siral)le ; it will do better in poorer soil than the succeeding. It also makes very 

 handsome, ornamental hedges. 



No. 11, Chinese Arbor Vitce. — Does well only when growing in a deep, rich 

 loam. Then it makes a very handsome, small tree, having, for its only fault, a 

 tendency to become brown in winter. In poor soils, it is a poor looking tree, 

 indeed. When it gets to this condition, if the branches be pruned within a few 

 inches of the trunk, and the soil around the roots dug up and manured, it makes 

 a very handsome ol>jcct, indeed. On the grounds of G. W. Carpenter, German- 

 town, l\Mina., where the soil seems congenial to it, it forms some of the hand- 

 somest small trees that are to be seen within many miles. 



No. 12, TJie American Holly, which I am sorry to put last on my list for 

 " general purposes ;" I am, nevertheless, bound to say, is not inferior in beauty to 

 any of the others. Indeed, I do not know of anything which, in its season, is 

 more beautiful than an American Holly in prime health, and covered with its fine, 

 scarlet berries. It thrives either in sun or shade, and especially in a moist, sandy 

 loam. Though very hardy, it is much benefited by having its roots protected in 

 winter. A few inches of long manure, or leaves, is all that is required. It makes 

 a very beautiful evergreen hedge, and to raise seed for this purpose, they must be 

 kept constantly moist from the time of sowing. If once allowed to get dry, the 

 outer shell hardens, and they will often lie several years in the ground before 

 growing, if the mice, which are very fond of them, leave them untouched for that 

 period. 



These twelve evergreens that I have recommended for general purposes, arc 

 amongst some of the commonest, I admit. Many of the rarer ones will doubtless 

 compete favorabl]^ on more extended trials ; but these have yet to be made ; and 

 it has therefore fallen to my lot to describe what is now rather than what will be. 



[Mr. Meehan has experience, but we must differ from him in placing the Balm 

 of Gilead so near the top of his list — if, indeed, it should be placed there at all. 

 Under highly favorable circumstances, it has a i)criod of great beauty ; it is but 

 brief, however, in this vicinity, and, after twenty years, it becomes a " shabby 

 fellow," whose bad clothing a well-trained dog would bark at as belonging to a 

 beggar. With this exception, the list is a good one ; and we would substitute 

 for the Balm, Cedar of Lebanon, or Pinus excelsa. — Ed.] 



THE FUCHSIA. 



BY T. APPLEBY. 



It has frequently been a matter of surprise to me that the lovely, elegant, long- 

 blooming Fuchsia, has not been more planted in masses in the bedding-out 

 gardens. I am sure it has everything to recommend it. In the first place, it 

 is easily kept through the winter ; all that it requires is to be kept moderately 



