;EV£R(m£ENS IN THE SPRING OF 1857. 



iiu'iliiitt'ly liy otic even more severe aud continuous in its cold, us the one just past, 

 could not fail to be everything that was disastrous. 



In addition to the excessively low temperature, we liave suffered (both winters) 

 from severe and chilling storms of rain and sleet, which completely covered the 

 trees with ice, breaking them down, and doing immense damage. This, in con- 

 nection with two such winters, has thrown out cpiite a large number of Evergreens, 

 which, up to 1855, 1 was more than toleruljly successful in cultivating. For in- 

 stance : lioth Cedars of Lebanon and Deodar Cedars, which have, under our pre- 

 ceding winters, gone through without even browning, and attained a si/.e of twelve 

 to lifteen feet, have, in the case of the Cedars of Lel)anon, become annually decidu- 

 ous, au<l, with Deodars (which are unquestionably less hardy), been cut down to 

 the level of the snow-line; so also with Abies Morinda, Douglasii, Cephalonica, 

 rinsapo, Mcnzcsii, and Ficea Webbiana. They have all this winter lost their 

 foliage, though the bark is good, and the buds plump and green. 



If, consequently, our winters are to assume in future the character of the two 

 last, our list of Evergreens which can be depended upon, will be of course much 

 reduced. If, on the contrary, these extraordinary winters are only to appear occa- 

 sionally, there are many additions to the list which would survive and even flourish, 

 with only one or two severe winters to five or six fair ones. Upon the first 

 supposition, I think I can say that the following are perfectly hardy without 

 protection, even iu such winters as the two past : — 



Foliage cntocched — 



Pinus Lambertiana, 



" Ponderosa, 



" Sylvestris, 



" Sylvestris pumila, 



" Strobus, 



" Strobus nana, 



" Fumilis, 



" Austriaca, 



" Excelsa, 



" Monticolo, 



" Benthamiana, 



" Cembra, 



" Gerard i ana, 



" Pyrenaica, 



" Brutia, 



" Halepensis. 

 Untouched — 



Picea Pectinata, 



" Pendula, 



" Balsameana, 



" Balsameana folis variegatis, 



" Pichta, 



" Fraserii, 



" Nobilis, 



" Nordmaniana. 

 Foliage untouched — 



Abies Clanbrasiliensis, 



" Elegans, 



" Pumila, 



" Compacta, 



" Pygmeea, 



Foliage untouched — 

 Abies lludsoiiii, 

 " Orientalis, 

 " Alba, 

 " Nigra. 

 Good, but bkowxed — 

 Abies Menzesii, 

 " Cephalonica, 

 " Pinsapo. 

 Juniperiis Sueica, 



" Communis, 

 " Pendula, 

 " Bedfordiana, 

 " Chinensis, 

 " Ili-spanica, 

 " Prostrata, 

 " Nana, 

 " Tamaricifolia, 

 " Sabina. 

 Thuja Orientalis, 

 " Occidentalis, 

 " Aurea, 



" Aurea Americana, 

 " Siberica, 

 " Plicata, 

 " Tartarica, 

 " Nepalensis, 

 " Filiformis. 

 "Widringtonia eiicoides, 

 Torreya taxi folia, 



Cepholotaxus Fortunii (male and female), 

 Thujeopsis borealis. 



All the above have passed the two last winters, and many previous ones, most 

 successfully, without losing leaf or bud. To these may be added others, which 

 though having lost foliage, the buds seem generally good ; such as — 



