select such as are adapted to their particular situation. After experiencing? such 

 a severe winter as the one we have just passed through, I, for one, am willing to 

 discard quite a number of half hardy trees from my list. Who has not frequently 

 heard the remark, lately, that we may never have so hard a test for our tender 

 plants again ? And now perhaps just as they become fully established, and are a 

 pride to the owner, some bright frosty morning you will find the thermometer 20° 

 or 30° below zero, and they are forever after an eyesore, being the fashionable 

 color of Victoria Brown ; therefore but few of the rarer trees will answer the 

 purpose of a limited grower. 



Upon examining several of my old specimen trees after spring opened, I was 

 exceedingly disappointed in finding them entirely dead. The Cupressus funebris, 

 three feet high, killed root and branch ; Buxus arborescens, do. ; Araucaria imbri- 

 cata has been lessening every year, and finished its course this spring. Taxus bac- 

 cata, hibernica, pyramidalis, &c., killed nearly to the ground. Euonymus japo- 

 nica and its varieties about used up. Cedrus libani and deodara, the former dead, 

 and the latter, a tall beautiful plant, now resembles an old broom, worn to the 

 stump. European Silver fir (P. pectinata), contrary to my expectations, is com- 

 pletely spoiled ; even our common cedars and junipers are severely injured. 



And now for my list of six Evergreens, which embraces the following : — 



The Norway Spruce {A. excelsa) stands pre-eminent and unrivalled ; it com- 

 bines all that the most fastidious could expect, as it is applicable to all situations 

 and soils, whether in the neat front yard of the modest cottage or farm house, or 

 the more extended lawn of the wealthy proprietor ; standing alone, it becomes 

 the pattern of a perfect tree, being of a regular pyramidal shape, a graceful 

 drooping habit, rich green color, which is not affected by the most intense cold, 

 and an extremely rapid growth ; the foliage may not be quite so delicate as the 

 following ; yet there is something so majestic in its appearance as almost to com- 

 mand respect. 



Hemlock Spruce {A. canadensis) is most assuredly a formidable rival to the 

 preceding ; it is particularly applicable to lawns where it will have room to de- 

 velop its beauty. Some superb specimens are in the grounds of the late Samuel 

 and Joshua Pearce, near West Chester, Pa. 



Bhotan Pine (P. excelsa) is, in my estimation, the finest by far of all the pines, 

 being close and thick, contrary to the majority of the family ; the leaves are long 

 and handsome ; its branches have a tendency to droop, rendering it particularly 

 graceful ; it proves entirely hardy with me, having grown it for six years ; my 

 specimen has reached the height of nine feet. In one locality I have heard com- 

 plaints of an insect destroying the leader, but as it does not appear to be a 

 regular complaint I have retained it on the list. 



White Spruce {A. alba), known with us as the " Double White Spruce." It 

 makes a magnificent tree, although some of the species approach so near the A. 

 Nigra as hardly to be distinguishable from that variety ; it is easily known by the 

 peculiar bluish green leaves and numerous short branches; it is regular in its 

 growth, and makes a thick mass of foliage. 



American Arbor-vita3 {T. occidentalis) is known too well to need a description, 

 although it richly deserves one. Any person who would plant the Chinese variety 

 in preference to the former, I think, must certainly be devoid of taste, as the latter 

 is, at best, but an open, straggling grower, and is rather tender also. 



Siberian Arbor-vitae (T. Siherica), although rather more of a stranger, pro- 

 mises to be a much greater acquisition than I expected. The color is of rich 

 dark green, of a perfect shape, extreme hardiness, and will make a splendid 

 cimen cither planted singly or in groups. 



