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hedge or border in Oakdale Cemetery, where it fruits occasionally. 

 The Japanese tea plants, distributed by the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment from Washington, have been found hardy under the treat- 

 ment of Mr. Donlan at Oakdale Cemetery, fruiting very freely. The 

 Eucalyptus globulus was thoroughly tried by the gentleman above 

 named, but with the utmost care the hardiest looking young tree 

 was killed by the frost, and the experiment abandoned. The Sabal 

 Palmetto, which has its northern limit at Smith's Island, has been 

 successfully transplanted in three instances in Wilmington as an or- 

 namental tree, much to the surprise of those who had formerly 

 failed after great pains. Its transplantation seems to be as difficult 

 as to transplant the pine. The banana during one favorable sea- 

 son fruited but did not come to full maturity. It is evident that 

 the seasons are too short to expect success with it. The Ailantus is 

 no longer a desirable shade tree, and has been generally made to 

 give place to Elms and Oaks; and we are sorry to say that the Pride 

 of China, one of the handsomest trees introduced among us, is 

 losing popularity. A fine specimen of Negundo aceroides. from an 

 accidental seed dropped in a private garden in the city, shows how 

 kindly this beauti.'ul tree would take to our soil if encouraged by 

 the gardner. In our catalogue we have left out these, or most of 

 them, and mention them here as an indication of the range of tem- 

 perature. 



This catalogue is arranged after the natural orders in Curtis' ' 'Cat- 

 alogue of Plants of North Carolina." The popular names have 

 been retained as a matter of convenience — sometimes for curiosity. 

 We have added a list of plants found in the ballast along the 

 river front, used to fill in the wharves of the Railroad Companies. 

 The list is only a small portion of the plants found, but were all 

 identified by Mr. McCarthy up to this time. These plants are from 

 distant parts of the world, and it will be interesting to watch their 

 history. They are mostly weeds, and from similar sources numbers 

 of weeds have escaped into our fields and streets and by-ways. It 

 will be noticed that several of these weeds, since Dr. Curtis' day, 

 have become common in neglected streets and waste places, such as 

 Viper's bugloss (Echium) and Acanthospermum Xanthioides. Both 

 plants are now stubborn weeds. 



Species with names in heavy-face type are believed to be indige- 

 nous. Species with names in small capitals are not regarded as in- 

 digenous. 



A numerical statement of the genera, species and varieties is 

 given at the end of the catalogue. 



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