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EVERGREENS.— WHAT SHALL AVE PLANT? 



Mr. BnisCs Catalogue. 



WELL prepared catalopne of trees, with information such 

 as an experienced nurseryman is capable of giving, if he 

 inclines to embod}'' liis accpiircd knowledge, we always 

 •welcome. It is a task to make such an one, and we are 

 disposed to give due credit to the maker when we lind 

 liis information reliable. Such, in the main, is " A T>e- 

 scriptive Catalogue of IFardy Trees ami Shrubs, grown 

 and for sale V)y Robert Ruist, Rosedale Nurseries, Darl)j 

 Road, near Philadelphia." Since the hreaking-up of the 

 old Landretli Nurseries, in this neighborhood, Philadel- 

 phia has presented fewer extensive establishments where 

 trees in large quantities could be purcliased than would 

 seem to be her proportion ; but land has become so dear 

 in our vicinity, that nurserymen have been obliged to remove to some distance, 

 Avhere ground was more reasonable, and they are distributed near to the neigh- 

 boring towns and villages, such as Westchester, J. L. Darlington & Co. ; near 

 Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., Alan W. Corson ; Woodbury, N. J., David 

 J. Griscom ; Germantown, Thomas Median, William Saunders, John Rright, 

 ]\[essrs. Maupay, Bowman, &c. ; Elizabethtown, N. J., Wm. Reid; Marcus Hook, 

 Pa., D. Fulton; near Burlington, N. J., George Deacon; Ilight.stown, N. J., Isaac 

 PuIIen ; Falls of Schuylkill, Pa., David Ferguson. Several other establishments 

 are growing up, and promise, ere long, to have a supply that will keep us by no 

 means in the rear, in this respect. Meantime, we shall make Mr. Buist's Catalogue 

 the text for a few remarks. 



The Evergreens are the first, and Mr. B.'s list is a highly interesting one. The 

 following, from the Introduction, is excellent ; the difficulty generally is to induce 

 the planter, or his successor, to cat away a fine tree, to make room for better 

 growth : — 



" We must observe that nearly all planters of coniferons Evergreens make the same fatal 

 error in planting the margins of walks, carriage-roads, and drives. Trees are generally 

 small when procured from the nursery, and tlieyare at once planted about three to six feet 

 from the edge of an entrance in place of twenty feet. Where an approach is required to 

 be l)elted with Pines or Spruce, the ground should be well prepared, at least twenty feet 

 from the edge of the drive ; and any quick-growing tree, such as Silver Maple, planted close 

 to the verge, to give shade or shelter. When tlie Evergreens have attained the height of 

 fifteen or twenty feet, the Maples can be dispensed witli, and removed to some boundary, or 

 destroyed. Some may think this a tedious process, but it is the best and most permanent 

 for having an approach to a mansion worthy of a name, and it will be a permanent memento 

 of the planter to all eyes of taste." 



Nothing could be better than the above advice. We have seen recently many 

 examples where the newly planted trees have encroached upon walks and drives, 

 after four or five years' planting. It is difficult, we know by experience, to look 

 upon the little trees of three or four feet height as towering monarchs, and this is 

 one of the points which requires the experience of a landscape-gardener, or of a 

 man of some forethought. 



Commencing on page 1, it may prove a useful service to many about to plant, 

 if we insert Mr. Buist's remarks on the several species of Evergreens which he 

 has for sale : — 



Trees and Shrubs can be removed from October to April, whilst the ground is ojien 



