A THIRD WINTER ON THE NEW EVERGREENS. 



A THIRD WINTER ON THE NEW EVERGREENS. 



BY IIEXRY WINTHEOP SAKC.ENT, WODENgTUE, FISUKILL LANDING, DUTCHESS CO., NEW YORK. 



I HAVE, upon two previous occasions, through the pages of the Horticulturist, given my 

 experience of the effect of our winter upon the new evergreens, and have recently had so 

 many applications for information as to the influence of the present winter upon this class 

 of trees, that, to save myself some trouble, I propose, with your consent, to answer these 

 questions through your valuable journal. 



It is, I presume, unnecessary to remind your readers what sort of a winter we have had, 

 both as to the degree of cold, and the extent and continuance of snow — but the many are 

 not, perhaps, aware that, from this very circumstance, all low plants within 12 or 15 inches 

 of the surface of the ground, have wintered better than any previous year of my experience ; 

 and, as all the newer and rarer Evergreens belong so far to this low order, they have come 

 out through the snow wonderfully green and bright, especially when side by side. We see 

 white pines, hemlocks, and even our common roadside cedars, scorched the color of brick- 

 dust. The winter has been favorable in two respects ; in the first place, an even tempera- 

 ture, without much frost, has been preserved through the covering of snow about the roots 

 and the neck of the trees ; and the cold, though severe, has been uniform. I will conclude 

 these remarks by simply observing, that in my neighborhood, all Evergreens, from the rarest 

 to the commonest, are (above the snow) of a color varying from that of gingerbread to that 

 of a dull brick. I do not perceive that Deodar cedars, and cedars of Lebanon, are more 

 browned than hemlocks and white cedars, and the buds on all are uninjured. There is, 

 upon my place, one remarkable exception to this universal broivning. The cryptomerias — 

 which have been entirely uncovered all winter, are not injured ; in previous years, they 

 have been well protected, and I usually lose them. May it be that this plant is an excep- 

 tion to the advantage usually gained in protecting half-hardy plants ? 



PiNPS. — Hartwegiis, destroyed. — Insignii, abandoned as an impossibility with me. — 

 Laricio, untouched. — Lambertiana, brown above ; green below the snow. — Macrocarpa, 

 brown above; green below the snow ; buds good. — Montezuma, brown above; green below 

 the snow ; buds good. — Ponderosa, untouched. I think this more hardy than our white pine. 

 — Sylvestris, uninjured. — Austriaca, uninjured. — Pinaster, buds good; foliage changed. 

 — Gerardiana, green, but protected all winter by snow. — Maritima, untouched. — Excelsa, 

 untouched ; superb tree. — Cembra, untouched. Of these 14 varieties, I think I can grow 

 all except the first two. 



Abies. — Alba, hardy. — Argentea, hardy. — Brunoniana, abandoned. — Canadensis, hardy. 

 — Clanbrasiliensis, hardy. — Douglasii, brown, but buds good. — Excelsa, hardy. — Lezoensis, 

 leader gone ; green below snow. — Hudsonii, below snow, uninjured. — Morinda, little 

 browned. — Menzesii, little browned. — Pygmea, hardy, I think, but entirely under the snow. 

 — Pichta, perfectly untouched. — Pichta Pendula, browned. I do not know whether this is 

 Smith's Pendula or not. — Pinsapo, untouched. — Orientalis, brown above, green below the 

 snow. — Cephalonica, untouched. Of these 17 Abies, I think the Brunoniana the only one I 

 (3aunot grow. 



PiCEA. — Pectinata, hardy. — Frascri, hardy. — Wobbiaia, hardy ; apt to lose its leader. — 

 Pindrow, hardy. — Normandiana, hardy, and beautiful. — Nobilis, perfectly green. 



•JuNiPERus. — Virginiana variegata, hardy. — Sabina, hardy. — Sabina argentea, hardy. — 

 Sabina aurea, hardy. — Tamariscifolia, hardy. — Thurifera, hardy. — Pendula, hardy ; beau- 

 tiful. — Excelsa, liardy. — llibernica, hardy. — Squammata, hardy. — Recurva, hardy. — Chi 

 nensis, hardy. 



