THE BEST FIVE WINTER PEARS. 



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far the easiest and most rapid mode is that 

 of planting pieces of the roots. 



Every little piece of the root of the Pau- 

 lownia will, under certain conditions, pro- 

 duce a plant. It is only necessary to make 

 a common hot-bed early in the spring, re- 

 duce the roots of the parent tree, (and it 

 will bear a very severe reduction,) and plant 

 every piece that will make a cutting not 

 smaller than a goose-quill, and a couple of 

 inches long. Plant these bits of roots about 

 an inch and a half deep in the rich, light 

 s il of the hot-bed. In a fortnight's time, 

 every bit will throw up a bud, make new 

 roots, and become a distinct plant. When 

 the plants are about three inches high, they 

 may be transplanted into rows, beds, bor- 

 ders, or, in short, wherever they are finally 

 to grow. If the season is favorable, they 

 will grow to the height of from three to six 

 feet before the close of the autumn. Next 

 year, if the soil is deep, they will make 

 shoots eight or ten feet long. 



AVhen the Paulownia was first offered for 

 sale in Europe, about three years ago, it 

 was advertised by the Brothers Baumann, 

 the great nurserymen of the Rhine, at from 

 three to six gui7ieas per plant. From the 

 rapiditj' with which the nurserymen are 

 propagating it now, in this country, we have 

 no d jubt it may be bought next autumn 

 at wholesale, at about the same price per 

 hundred trees. 



The parent tree, in the Jardiii des Plantes, 

 Paris, has already borne seeds in considera- 

 ble quantity, which have vegetated very 

 regularly. The tree has not yet, to our 

 knowledge, flowered in this country, but 

 will probably do so next spring. As 

 soon as the seeds are produced in abun- 

 dance, we advise cultivators to resort to 

 them — the best of all modes of propaga- 

 ting ornamental trees — when it is possible 

 to do so. 



THE DEODAR CEDAR. 



Cedrus Deodara. Roxburgh. 



Pinacea:. Lind. Veg. Kingdom. 



The Deodar Cedar is the glory of the 

 Himalayas. Bishop Heber describes it in 

 one of his letters as " a splendid tree, with 

 gigantic arms and dark narrow leaves, 

 which is accounted sacred, and chiefly seen 

 in the neighborhood of ancient Hindoo tem- 

 ples, and which struck my unscientific eye 

 as very nearly resembling the Cedar of 

 Lebanon. I found it flourishing at nearly 

 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, where 

 the frost was as severe as in England." 

 Deodara or Devedar, is the local name in 

 the Hindoo country, and signifies Tree of 

 God. It is used there as the incense fuel ; 

 but is also considered one of the most valu- 

 able sorts of Indian timber. In the Penny 

 Cyclopedia, it is stated that specimens were 

 taken from a bridge in Ladak, where they 

 had been exposed to the water for 400 

 years. 



Of course, the Deodar Cedar will only be 

 interesting to our readers as an ornamental 

 tree. Specimens are growing at this mo- 

 ment in many collections in this country ; 

 and so far as we learn, it is perfectly hardy 

 to the southward of this latitude, though li- 

 able to be injured by the winter at the 

 north. South of New- York, it will certain- 

 ly form one of the most beautiful of orna- 

 mental trees. 



The general habit of this tree, as has 

 been already remarked, is that of the Cedar 

 of Lebanon, which it most nearly resembles. 

 Its foliage, however, is larger, of a lighter, 

 more silvery hue, and the branches have 

 more of a drooping habit and more feathery 

 lightness than the Cedar of Lebanon. The 

 fact that it grows much more rapidly, will 

 serve as an additional recommendation to 

 the lover of fine trees. 



This is still a very rare tree. There are 



