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twenty feet ln'gli, and (juito narrow. It ulso bears clipping well, ainl may be kept as 

 small as desirable. It is hardy as far north as lat. 42'', but not much farther. We 

 can not recommend a tree for a cemetery unless it be perfectly hardy, as so few would 

 be Milling to take the trouble to give protection, as is done to half-hardy trees in 

 pleasure-grounds. 



The Siberian Arbor Vikr (Biota Tarlarica^ is a species or variety not very widely 

 disseminated, but we think the best of all. It is very compact, perfectly pyramidal, 

 and of a fine color. Hardy in any part of this continent. 



The Golden Arbor Vita! {^Thuya aurca) is a very handsome variety of the Chinese, 

 we believe, with a light yellowish-green tint. 



There are several others which we liave not tested so fully as to be able to speak 

 decidedly of their merits. 



Among the Junipers our Red Cedar (Junipcrus Virginiana) is well known, being 

 indigenous to many parts of the country. It is a tree that varies greatly in habit 



when grown from seed. Some on our grounds are 

 compact pyramids, as regular and stiff as though 

 they had been shorn ; while others are loose and 

 straggling, with drooping branches ; some light, and 

 others dark green : and all from the same seed-bed. 

 In all cases we consider it a fine evergreen tree, of 

 small or medium size. 



The Tall Juniper {Juniperus ezcelsa), which is 

 ■jaid to have been found in Siberia, on the Rocky 

 Mountains, and on the Himalayas, is an elegant, 

 erect, tapering tree, which attains the height of twen- 

 ty or thirty feet. When young the branches are 

 upright, but as it grows older they spread. It is 

 quite hardy at New York. The foliage is of a sil- 

 very or glaucous green. It is strange this tree has 

 not been more extensively cultivated. 



The Common Juniper {Juniperus communis) forms 

 a handsome, erect tree, twelve to eighteen feet high, 

 with rather open, spreading branches. Foliage sharp- 

 ly pointed ; dark green underneath, and silvery above. 

 The Swedish Juniper {Junijyerus Suecica), sup- 

 posed to be a variety of the preceding, is more com- 

 pact and formal in its growth. 

 The Irish Juniper (Juniperus Hibernica), also supposed to be a variety, is remark- 

 able for its tapering cylindrical habit, like the Irish or Upright Yew, This we con- 

 sider one of the best of all the Junipers for planting on small cemetery lots ; but it is 

 not perfectly hardy in all parts of the country. It stands unprotected at Rochester in 

 sheltered situations, but suffers when fully exposed. It grows slowly 



The Weeping Common Juniper (Juniperus communis pendula) is a variety 



TALL JUMPER. 



