CRITIQUE ON THE JUNE HORTICULTURIST. 



of the prodigious forest wealth with which the)^ are surrounded, even on the soil owned 

 by themselves. Go to a man living in our middle and western states, and ask him how 

 many varieties of wood grow upon his estate, and he will, in all honesty, tell you that he 

 has perhaps a dozen altogether, and these comprise such as he makes into his ox yokes, 

 whippletrees, sled crooks, hoops, handspikes, withes, whip-stocks, framing timber, boards, 

 rails, fence posts, and fire wood; and if there be any more varieties than these, they might 

 as well grow at the north pole as on his own territorj% so far as any interest which he 

 takes in them is concerned. Now, it appears that this little penisula of forty acres, on 

 examination, produces sixty species of native woods! What a wealth of tree vegetation 

 on so small a spot! And yet, this piece of ground is sterile, compared with many of 

 equal territory to be found in the United States. 



" 1 would some power the giftie gie m, 

 To see o\iiselves as itherssee us," 



in the wealth of our extensive and luxuriant forests! Bartram, Michaux, and Nuttall, 

 with all their research, have not revealed the extent of our woodland treasures, and there 

 is yet a wide and a new field for the naturalist unexplained in the vast solitudes of Oregon, 

 New Mexico, and the Californias. Even the bleaker and inhospitable shores of Lake Su- 

 perior abound in woods new to our books, which may yet reveal to us productions of sur- 

 passing interest. It is gratifying to see, now and then, in your columns, our attention di- 

 rected to such rich and refreshing subjects. 



Evergreens — their use and Culture. — If Mr. Richardson preaches as well as he writes, 

 his hearers are to be envied. There is a positive unction in this article that goes to the 

 understanding, if not to the heart, of every one interested in growing evergreens, or who 

 loves country life at all. Ilis treatment of this subject is thoroughly practical, and as 

 simple as practical; so plain, and seductive withall, that one can hardly resist the dis- 

 position to go forthwith into a sturd}'' plantation of firs and cedars. 



I have thought a thousand times of the great additional good which our country clergy- 

 men could do, in the way of their " duty," if they would cultivate a love for horticul- 

 ture and planting, and preach that, on week days in their parochial visits among their peo 

 pie, as episodes interspersed among the " more important subjects" usually confided to 

 their charge. I have, in the course of my life, known some countr}^ clergymen, long resi- 

 dent among a rural population, who.se influence in such subjects have been most bene- 

 ficial and lasting. Beautifully shaded avenues, luxuriant court yards, delightful flowers, 

 grand overshadowing trees, blooming orchards, and rich gardens, have grown up under 

 their teaching, and the influences of their refined taste, equally with the pure morality 

 and sincere devotion which surrounded the altars of their own hallowed sanctuaiies. How 

 delightful and salutary the influence of such a man among an improving people, and how 

 many of the rural paradises of our country can point to the labors of a faithful pastor, 

 as one who taught them, both bj- precept and example, how to create the beaut}' and the 

 luxuriance with which the}'- are surrounded! The very subjects which so deeply interest 

 his calling — his early classic studies — his daily readings of volumes in which the most 

 exalted lessons of instruction are illustrated by reference to objects of surpassing inter- 

 est and beauty — his simple, natural, yet cultivated taste; all these draw his thoughts into 

 a deep love and attachment to the harmonies of creation, which, if he be a man fit for his 

 calling, cannot but tell out in such works of grace and embellishment. Labors like these, 

 constitute a marked feature in the " daily beauty" of a pastor's life, and more forcibly 

 ate that purity of purpose, and sanctity of example, which should, and do 

 familiar instances, signally distinguish the life of the country clergy. 



