948 FOREST CULTURE AND 
which a colder clime excludes from the northern coun- 
tries, where most of us spent our youth. Within the 
pages allotted to this communication the notes offered 
could only be indicative. Hence this list is merely 
intended to facilitate the choice of selection. More 
.extensive information must be sought in special 
works, to which, through the English language, ac- 
cess is given by the literature of Britain and North 
America. Thus the colonist, who wishes to pursue 
an altered path of husbandry, by adopting some new 
foreign plants for his culture, can follow up easily 
enough the inquiry to which he may be led by the 
indications now submitted. 
The writer found himself surrounded by some dif- 
ficulty of drawing the line of demarcation between 
the plants admissible into this list and those which 
should be excluded, because the final importance of 
any particular species, for a particular want, locality, 
or treatment, cannot be fully foretold. Moreover, the . 
field is so ample from which our plants for novel cul- 
ture may be gathered that only the first installment 
of a suggestive and abridged index couid be present- 
ed on this occasion ; but it may be supplemented, as 
well as the former notes on timber- trees, should 
friendly consideration recognize the spirit in which 
these suggestions are offered. As an instance of the 
difficulty to educe what is most desirable for an enu- 
meration such as the present it may be mentioned 
that many species of the thousands of foreign grasses 
would be highly eligible here, either for naturaliza- 
tion or for cultural purposes. A few, however, could 
only be singled out for the present purpose, and this 
with no other view than leading the occupants of our 
