Jfbies — Sinithiana, 

 Douglasii, 

 Menziesii. 



Piceas — Cephalonica, 

 Pinsasso, 

 AVebbiana, 

 Pindiow, 

 Nobilis. 



Pinus — Pinaster, 

 Cenibra, 

 Excelsa, 

 Puiiiilis, 

 Ponderosa, 

 Lambertiana, 

 Gerardiana, 

 Austriacus, 

 Sylvestris, 



Pinus — Maritima, 



Pendula. 

 JunipBrus — Tamariscifolia, 



Alpina, 



Iliberuica, 



Excelsa. 

 Thuja — Filiforinis, 



Bedfordiana, 



Plicata, 



Tartarica. 

 Taxws — Com munis, 



Hoiizontulis. 

 Ccdrus — Lebani, 



Deodara, 



Argentea. 

 Cryptomeria — Torrcya. 

 Probably, the New Funebral Cypress. 



I should also add, that m}' Cedars of Lebanon and Deodars have been planted five 

 years, and have stood grecji, without protuction, until this remarkable winter. My Au- 

 ricarias are four years planted and hardy. Everything else is still small, having been out 

 but two years; if they had been planted several years longer, no doubt they would have 

 battled this winter more successfully^ To show you the extent of the cold, an entire or- 

 chard of Dwarf Pears, 102 in number, on quince, planted last fall, was all destroyed. 

 Even many of the eyes of the grapevines in my vinery, are injured. Yours very truly, 



IIenky Wixthrop Sargknt. 



Wodcneihe, April 19, 1352. 



Remarks. — We are much obliged by the foregoing notes, not only because Mr. Sar- 

 gent's grounds contain one of the richest collections of evergreens in the country, but also 

 because the results may be assumed to be those of the latitude of New- York, and the mid- 

 dle states generally. 



The past winter has been the most severe upon vegetation, of any known in 40 j'ears, 

 except that of 1835-6. And though it should not be taken as having an3'thing to do Avith 

 the normal temperature of any portion of the Union — since we, in the middle states, have 

 had the frosts of Canada, and our states bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, have felt the 

 ice and snow usual to the middle states — it is very interesting, as a test of downright 

 hardiness. Any tree or plant that has stood the past winter, may be considered as past 

 all doubt, hardy forever afterward. 



On the other hand, it does not follow that many fine trees that, to use our correspon- 

 dent's expressive phrase, were only •' badly cut up," should be abandoned as tender. 

 Evergreens are remarkably susceptible to severe cold, when they have been lately trans- 

 planted, say only a year or two before it takes place. As a proof of this, we may men- 

 tion, that of several hundred young hemlocks, two or three feet high, planted in this place 

 last season, and which had apparently taken root firmly, full one quarter are now either 

 partly or wholly dead — solely owing to the effect of the severe cold on one of the hardiest 

 of all native trees, before the roots were established. The same thing applies more strictly 

 to rare evergreens turned out of pots, (as most of the rare imported evergreens are.) If, 

 in planting these in the open border, the planter neglects to unwind the roots from 

 ball, and stretch them out, so that they shall take hold of the surrounding soil fully 



