THE NEW CONIFEE^. 



alternate freezing and ttawing upon tlie surface has had an additional effect. Notwith- 

 standing these disadvantages, my trees have gone through with the following success : 



Abies Brunoniana — Tender. 



Abies Smithiana — A good deal browned ; most of the foliage has fallen, though 

 the buds seem good. At Mr. Hogg's gardens, at Yorkvillo, this variety seems hardier 

 than the Deodar, 



Abies Douglasii — Uninjured ; foliage quite green, and buds perfect. 



Abies Menziesli — Hardy; untouched. 



Abies Picea — Perfectly hardy, 



Picea cephalonica, Pinsapo, and Pindrow — All perfectly hardy. 



Picea Webbiana — Leader gone ; otherwise uninjured, 



Picea nobilis — Uninjured. 



Picea p)ectinaia imidula — Perfectly hardy, and promises to be very distinctive. 



Picea Clanbrasiliana (Lord Clanbrasil's) — Hardy ; but seems only a stunted vari- 

 ety of our native Double Spruce. 



Picea Pichta, Normandii, Frazerii — Entirely hardy. 



All the above varieties of the Silver Fir are very desirable, and I should say unques- 

 tionably hardy. 



Pinus Pinaster, Cemhra, pu7nilis, Lambertiana, Gerardiana, and maritima — All 

 hardy. 



Pinus excelsa — Hardy. This is beginning to be so well known, that it is hardly 

 necessary perhaps to say anything in favor of its gracefulness and beauty. 



Pinus fonderosa — Hardy. Grows with great rapidity, but resembles in foliage 

 and habit the Pinaster. 



Pinus Coulteri, Devoniana, and macrocarim — These three promise to be among 

 the most extraordinary of Pines. The foliage is six to eight inches long, of a peculiar 

 green, and there is an exotic look about them that arrests attention. They have been 

 entirely uninjured this winter, though their first year out. 



Pinus Sabiniana — Hardy this winter, though previously it has suffered. A 

 superb tree. 



Pinus Hartweffii, Montezuma;, patula macrocarpa, Laricio Calabria — These four 

 were planted so late last season, that I thought it more prudent to take them up. I 

 am therefore unable to speak of their hardihood from my own experience. The 

 former I have seen at Dropmore (Lady Granville's) ten to twelve feet high, 



Juniperus tamariscifolia, dlpina, Hibernica, communis 2Je7idula, recurva, Bedford- 

 iana, excelsa, fastigiata — All hardy. 



Torreya taxifolia — Hardy, and one of the most desirable of evergreens, 

 Cupressus m,acrocar2M — This seems to be very highly esteemed in England for its 

 beauty, but it has not withstood our winter, 



Cupressus pendula — One of the most beautiful of small trees. Hardy. 

 Cupressus korizontalis — Hardy. 



Cupressus funebris — There still seems to be a question whether the so-called 

 Funebral Cypress is not after all a Junijjerus. My plants have for the first year or 



