EFFECTS OF THE SEVERE WL\TER. 



down once to 13° and twice I think to 12*, she has thrown off her cedar overcoat, 

 and come out as bright, and as vivid, as the Arborvitses in May, and I have no 

 doubt will be coaxed into hardiness, unless, as I think you once suggested, my most 

 successful specimen may have been worked upon some peculiarly hardy stock, or 

 influenced by some fortunate situation, and consequently is not a fair instance of 

 its hardiness. With other trees I have not been equally successful — but this par- 

 ticular one, within ten feet of a Deodar, is entirely uninjured, while the Deodar, 

 with some slight covering, has lost all its leaves. [Your Crj'-ptomeria is no doubt 

 on its own root — most of the tender ones are grafted. Ed.] 

 Araucaria Imbricata — I doubt if anything can be made of this, as a general rule — mine is 

 four and a half feet high, and has survived three winters — but it has just now very 

 much the appearance of having been made of Russia leather. Planted in a well 

 drained and gravelly soil, well mixed with river sand, and on the north side of a 

 wood, it may succeed. It seems peculiarly impatient of moisture. 

 Cedrus Libani — Generally hardy; this year a good deal cut up. 



Cedrus Dcodara— Small plants have lost their leaves; a plant eleven feet high, on the west 

 side of my house, perfectly green ; same size on the east, somewhat browned, show- 

 ing conclusively that the sun, and not the cold, is our enemy. 

 Cedrus Argmtea — About as hardy as C. Libani; may be more so when longer establish- 

 ed here. 

 Juniperus Jllpina — Hardy. 



Hibernica — Hardy. 



Communis Pendula — Beawtifal and hardy. 

 Hecurva — I think destroyed. 

 Encordi — Cut badly. 

 Tamariscifolia — Hardy 

 Excelsa — Hardy. 

 Bcdfordiana — Pretty and hardy. 

 Taxodium Sempervirens — Destroyed — though I saw a tree bearing this name and appear- 

 ance in Denmark, quite hardy, where peach trees would not live. 

 Taxus — (^Common English Yew') — Hardy — though cut up this winter. 



Horizontalis — Injured; but I think will stand. 

 Thuja Filiformis — {ivaeping) — Beautifull}^ graceful, and quite hardy. 

 Tartarica — Hardy. 

 Plicata — Hardy. 

 Neva Funebral Cypress — I think will prove quite hardy, though the plants are very 



small. 

 Torreya Taxifolia — (the Florida Yew) — Undoubtedly hardy, though a little touched. 



The English Evergreen Savin, has stood well. Golden and Silver leaved more tender. 

 Gold and Silver Yews I think hardy. 



Of the Rhododendrons — the Catawbiense and its varieties, especially the Belgic hy- 

 brids, have wintered without any protection, perfectly well. I understand from ^Ir. 

 Parsons, of Flushing, that the Ctinninghamia Sinensis, an evergreen resembling the 

 Araucaria, but more graceful, and denser in foliage, stands our climate with entire suc- 

 cess. 



recapitulation — I consider as fairly hardy, (by which I mean by the time they 

 to five years old,) the following trees. 



