EVKUGUKKN SllUUliS. 



••ilmndaiit boarer, ripeiiiiiir full as early, ami equal to it in sweetness, if not superior, 

 Out of uioiv than two tliousainl plants obtained from seed, sown five years since, this 

 one alone produced fruit the following summer; and it has continued to bear and in- 

 cro^jse in its good (jualities ever since, flourishing equally in the shade as in the sun — 

 some of tlie best fruit and plants having been under the thick foliage of fruit trees. 



The plant is very hardy, with luxuriant foliage, sending out strong, stout runnei-s. 

 Tlic leaves are quite large, on tall stems, and more serrated than common varieties. 

 The blossoms are staminate ; nearly all set fruity and form well developed berries. The 

 tVuit averages well as to size, quite large, solid, of a fine conical shajie. The color is of 

 a rich crimson. The surface of the fruit is smooth and glossy. Seed — considerably 

 indented. Flavor — superior; good judges who have tested it think it is not surpassed. 

 It has ripened the eighth day of June for the last two years. 



This Strawberry will commend itself by its earliness and hardiness, by its beauty and 

 high flavor, by its being an extraordinary and prolific bearer, and on account of the 

 size and evenness of its beriies. 



EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 



BY WM. SAUNDERS, LANDSCAPE GARDENER, GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



The scarcity of evergreen shrubbery in our pleasure grounds is a standard th,eme Avith 

 writers on rural taste, and comparisons with other countries in this respect invariably 

 result unfavoral)ly to us. That there are good reasons for such a conclusion will not be 

 questioned by those best acquainted with our rural improvements; but they console 

 themselves with the reflection that at no distant period we will be in a position to invite 

 comparison instead of shrinking from it, and avoiding, as at present, all allusion to our 

 examples of artificial landscape scenery. 



We become more sensitive on the institution of these comparisons when we reflect 

 that no country in the temperate zone is more bountifully supplied with the material 

 necessarj' for the composition of landscape. Those who have any doubts on this point 

 have never attempted to penetrate a Jersey swamp, or followed the course of a river in 

 I'ennsylvania, The Holly, Kalmia, and Magnolia, of the former, and the Hemlock 

 Spruce, Rhododendron, and Yew, of the latter, are familiar examples of our native ever- 

 greens, and their beauty as omamental plants are not surpassed by any foreign produc- 

 tions available for these purposes ; while our deciduous trees, for variety and beauty, are 

 beyond comparison superior to any other. 



The attempts to successfully remove these native plants into cultivated grounds have 

 80 often proved abortive as to lead to the belief that the operation is generally imprac- 

 ticable ; but when we consider tlie most favorable conditions in their native localities, and 

 compare them with the treatment the plants receive after removal, we will find suffi- 

 cient reasons for the failures. Alluding more particularly to our native broad-leaved 

 evergreen shrubs, we find them most abundant under the shade of the Hemlock Sprace, 

 White Pine, and other evergreen trees. Thus sheltered from the aridity of summer, 

 shaded from the morning suns of winter, they attain their greatest beauty 

 iance ; and although frequently met with in exposed situations, they are nev 



