50 to 100 feet, though we have them that have not grown four feet in twenty years, whilst 

 others have grown as much in one year. Austriaca, Austrian or Black Pine ; very desirable. 

 Cembra, the Cemhrian Pine, conical habit. Excelsa, the Bhotan Pine. Ilartwegii, Hartweg's 

 Mexican Pine. Laricio, Corsican or Larch Pine. Lambertiana, Lambert's Rocky Mountain 

 Pine, ^[acrocarpa, the Great Hooked Pine. Monticola, the Mountain Pine. Mughiis, Mugho 

 Pine. Pinaster, Cluster Pine. Ponderosa, the Heavy-Wooded Pine. Strobus, the White or 

 Weymouth Pine. Si/lvestris, Scotch Pine or Fir. Webbiana. 



^^ Podocarpus, Chinese Yew. A family of hard-wooded evergreen plants, well known to 

 the gardener. The species now offered to notice, is the most useful for out-door cultivation, 

 and, indeed, the only one capable of enduring our winters ; several of them are desirable 

 greenhouse shrubs. Taxifolia, Yew-leaved. 



" Prunus. The species of this genus are, generally speaking, more useful than ornamental ; 

 that now under notice is a valuable acquisition, suited to our climate, and quite desirable. 

 lUcifolia, Holly-leaved, or Californian Evergreen Plum. 



" Rhododendron, Mountain Laurel or Rosebay. As many say they find great difficulty in 

 cultivating this plant in the open air, we give a few hints, which, if acted upon, will result 

 in success. That they grow in 'wild luxuriance,' every one who has visited our mountains 

 can testify ; their locality there, is on the northern shady moist steeps. We find that they 

 grow well in one-half sandy loam, one-quarter rotten leaves, one-eighth sand, one-eighth 

 well-decayed manure ; plant them in the shade of, or partially under, trees on the north 

 side of buildings or fences, in deep, moist soil, or where it can be frequently watered. They 

 are all beautiful, and grow from four to ten feet high, blooming in May or June. 



" Taxodium, sempervirens, or Weeping Cypress ; rather tender with us ; the winter of 1851 

 killed them down to the ground : they are perfectly hardy South, and form a very beavxtiful 

 tree of rapid growth. It is the ' Red Wood' of California, and there attains a height of from 

 200 to 300 feet. 



" Taxus. The Yew-tree is everywhere known, and most frequently chosen for cemetery 

 planting — an ' Evergreen' in memory of the departed. One of the species is used as the 

 badge of the Scottish Highland clan Frazer. The Yew is a plant of comparatively slow 

 growth, though in good, moist, ' but not wet' ground, where it makes rapid progress, it attains 

 a height of from twenty to forty feet : it is frequently used for hedges. 



" Thuja, Arbor-Vitse. One of the most recent changes adopted by botanists, is the naming 

 of this well-known family. Biota. Whoever reads of and orders Biota occidentalis, will 

 recognize our beautiful American Arbor- Vit.'B. The whole genus is highly deserving of 

 culture, and the various species form ornamental plants of from five to fifteen feet in height ; 

 some are well adapted for hedges ; they maybe trimmed at any period of the year, and will 

 grow in any soil. 



" Torretja taxifolia, Florida Yew. A shrub of medium growth, perfectly hardy with us, 

 of a branching habit, small. 



" Washingtonia, gigantea, the Big Tree of California. A tree of rapid and robust growth. 



" Yucca, Adam's Needle. Low-growing plants that shoot up spikes four to eight feet long, 

 of white flowers ; not generally adapted for planting with other Evergreens, but are used with 

 good effect on lawns, terraces, or rockwork." 



Mr. Buist's list of deciduous trees is also extensive, as are those of Grapes, 

 Strawberries, and greenhouse plants. 



The industry and intelligence which have built up the extensive business of Mr. 

 Buist, are exactly such as we would hold up as an example to young nurserymen. 

 Mr. B. has been indefatigable in every department, working early and late with 

 his men, and having no idle hour from year's end to year's end. It is pleasant to 

 record that eminent success has attended his career, and that his large establish- 

 ment at Rosedale, a short distance below Philadelphia, has no superior in America. 



