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Deodar Cedfir.—l remember some year 

 or two since some inquiry was made through 

 your journal in regard to the Deodar Cedar, 

 which it was stated had been found too tender 

 for a northern climate, and the (juestion asked 

 how they stand our winters. 



I wish you could see a magnificent speci- 

 men in my garden, more than sixty feet high, 

 the admiration of every beholder. They have 

 never been injured here, even in our severest 

 winters. Did you know that there are two 

 distinct varieties of this cedar, one very dark 

 green, which dips its branches down in true 

 picturesque style, the other a pale blueish 

 green in which the branches fall over exactly 

 like a jet of water, so much so as to suggest 

 the name of Fountain tree ? They seem 

 equally hardy. 



The Magnolia fuscata (now in full bloom) 

 and Olea fragrans would, I believe, grow to 

 trees with us, if allowed. I have a Magnolia 

 fuscata growing near my greenhouse, and in 

 consequence of its shading the plants too 

 much I cut from the top of it, four years ago, 

 eight feet ; an Olea fragrans which, for the 

 same reason, I had as much cut from, and 

 they are now both about twelve or fourteen 

 feet high. Mrs. Wm, T. Balfour. 



Tenn. 



Oaks as Lawn Trees.— The Rural New 

 Yorker says that the White or Pin Oaks 

 should not be used for lawn planting. The 

 White Oak is a most conspicuous example of 

 a tree belonging to the littering class, and the 

 old leaves remain attached to the branches 

 until forced oif by the winds of winter or the 

 new crop in spring. The greater portion of 

 the old leaves remain upon the tree until the 

 buds swell and new growth commences ; and 

 this occurring just at the time one usually de- 

 sires to put garden and walks into their spring 

 dress, they are at best a great nuisance. 

 White Oaks are not, therefore, as desirable as 

 lawn trees or for planting near flower gardens. 

 Transplanting Evergreens. — Ever- 

 green Hedges. — A correspondent of the Bos- 

 ton Cultivator describes the hedges of J. W. 

 Manning of Reading, Mass., consisting of 

 Norway spruce, arbor vit;«, white pine and 



hemlock ; but for beauty the hemlock stands 

 unrivalled. This correspondent has found 

 that a slight cutting in of the branches once 

 a year keeps them in handsome shape. He 

 removes the trees from the borders of pas- 

 tures where they grow, when about a foot 

 high, with a good ball of earth. Our own 

 experience is, in transplanting young hemlocks 

 from natural localities, that if a good ball of 

 earth is taken with the roots they invariably 

 live ; if the roots are denuded they invaria- 

 bly die. We have found the same result with 

 the white pine. The hendock (as well as the 

 Norway spruce) will grow better in shade than 

 most trees, and hence the reason that the in- 

 terior of the hedge is dense with foliage, giv- 

 ing the screens a fine, rich, compact appear- 

 ance. — Country Gentleman. 



JProteefiitg the Timber Tnterest, — The 



growing interest in forest planting in the 

 United States recalls to our mind the way 

 the timber question was met once by the En- 

 glish government in China. The timber sup- 

 plies began to grow short. A school of for- 

 esters was at once set on foot. Old ofiicere 

 were sent to France to learn the science, to 

 Germany to study the practice of preserving 

 their timber, and young men were engaged 

 for a regular course of instruction, to be em- 

 ployed afterward in the service in India. 



In some of the European States, the timber 

 plant districts are guarded with the most zeal- 

 ous care. In Hanover, there are 900,000 

 acres of wood under State management. 



In Prussia, nearly one-fourth of its whole 

 area is in forest, although one-half of it is in 

 the hands of private persons, who are just as 

 jealous in taking care of it. 



In Hanover, as an example, there is an or- 

 ganized corps appointed over its forests, con- 

 sisting of one manager, with twenty division 

 officers, 112 district foresters, 403 assistants, 

 303 under foresters, besides occasional labor- 

 ers. There is a cash keeper in each district, 

 and the net result is that, with an expenditure 

 of $650,000, there is an income of $1,500,000, 

 besides savin £!; much that would be wasted. 



