RURAL OEMJBTEllIES 



trary, would be in bad keepins^ with a monument or a tombstone, by overtoppini^ 

 thi'ili, roilnoing their apparent height, and yieUling little or no shade below. Ilere 

 will be observed a distinction which we are anxious to impress on those interested. 

 AVith these simple rules remembered, and a knowledge of the habits of trees, it 

 will l)e an easy task to plant a Cemetery with a due regard to the individual hold- 

 ings as well as the company's duty of giving a finish to their de])artment, which 

 will consist, as before remarked, in jjlanting the boundaries as well as the borders 

 of tlic roads, and those spots not suitable, or likely to be wanted, for interments. 



"We shall now proceed to give a list, 1st, of evergrecu-trees suitable for general 

 purposes, to be planted l)y the company ; 2d, of deciduous kinds ; 3d, trees and 

 shrubljery for individual planters; 4th, the best and newer weejting kinds that 

 may be admitted with propriety and effect; 5th, a list of hedge-plants, to super- 

 sede the necessity of iron for inclosures ; and Gth, vines suitable for individual 

 lots, &c. : — 



I. EVERGREEN-TREES SUITABLE EGR GENERAL PURPOSES, TO BE PLANTED BY THE 



COMPANY. 



y^oncay Spruce Fir, 



Hemlock Spruce, 



The Cedar of Lebanon, and the African Cedar, 



The Pinchster, 



The Ccphalonian Pine, 



The Weijmouth Pine, 



The White Spruce Fir, 



The Black " " 



The Balm of Gilead ; if tliis is planted in 

 the youth of the cemetery, it will, in 

 twenty years, serve as a tree to be thin- 

 ned out and destroyed, and, ansvrering 

 for present effect, is useful. 



Cri/ptomeria Japonica ; a very desirable ever- 

 green for cemeteries ; not entirely hardy 

 at the North. 



Ahies Dou(jlasii, 

 " Morinda, 



Pinus Benthamiana, 

 " Sylvestris, 

 " Gerardiana, 



Pinus Lambertiana, 



" cembra, 



" monticola, 

 Picea pinsapo, 



" pichta, 



" nob His, 



" amabilis, 



" spectabilis, 



" Fraserii, 



" Menziesii, 

 and others. At the South, and perhaps 

 in the Middle States, the Sequoia Gigantea, 

 or Great Tree of California, should not be 

 forgotten. 

 Podocarpus Japonica resembles the Irish Yew, 

 with larger foliage, and is perfectly hardy. 

 We could name many others, but a little 

 study will give a longer list of trees of 

 similar habit with the above, as well as 

 those that follow. 



n. DECIDUOUS TREES FOR THE SAME PURPOSES. 



Oaks ; all the varieties, but, especially, the 



Overcup and the "White Oak. 

 Magnolia macrophylla, or long-leaved mag- 

 nolia, 

 " conspicua, 

 " acuminata, 

 " cor data, 

 " aiiricnlata, ^'C, 

 all the family that are hardy in your 

 latitude. 

 Tulip-tree, 



American Lime-tree, or Tilia, 



Maples ; most of these should be employed, 



but, as in the case of the single lot-holder, 



we recommend the Acer Platanoides, or 



Norway, especially. 



The common Horse-Chestnut, and the Red 



and Double Chinese. The Buckeye loses 



its leaves too early in the autumn. 

 Virgilia lutea, or Yellow Wood, 

 All the liobinias, or Locusts, 

 Kentucky Coffee-tree, 

 The Judas-tree, 

 The Florida Dogivood, 

 The Buttonu-ood, for some sites, would make 



a fine boundary. 

 The Mountain Ash, 

 The Ash-trees, 



The Copper, and other Beeches, 

 The Sassafras, in groups of three and five. 

 The Elm, and, especially, the Slippery Elm, 



the latter forming a beautiful head, 

 The Hickories, on high ground, 

 Weeping Willows, in dells, &c. 



