444 On the Employment of Ornamental 



evergreen Confervas, the last rudimental type of the vegetable 

 kingdom. 



The faded leaf, the perfect articulation of the now drop- 

 ping petiole, the gorgeous livery of the autumn scenery, are 

 all the subjects of the botanist's study. Themes of praise- 

 worthy admiration, monitors of good, eloquent and instructive 

 teachers of immutable truth, are ihey all, and no season can fail 

 to introduce them to our attention. 



louis, J. Li. xt^^^^^.jj.. 



Salem, 1S35. 



Art. II. On the employment of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs 

 in J^orth America ; more particularly the indigenous Species 

 and Varieties^ as regards their effect in the formation of 

 Parks and Pleasure Grounds, and extensive Plantations of 

 Landscape Beauty. By A. J. Downing, Botanic Garden 

 and Nursery, Nevvburgh, N. Y. 



The following article, by one of our correspondents, ap- 

 peared, some time since, in one of our agricultural period- 

 icals, and has lately been translated into French and publish- 

 ed entire, by the editor of that most excellent work, the 

 Annates de Fromont. As it is a subject upon which there is 

 a great want of information, and as the article, at the time it 

 appeared, was not probably seen but by few of our readers, 

 we republish it, and are happy in being able to append some 

 additional remarks which we have just received from the au- 

 thor. It is almost unnecessary for us to enlarge upon the sub- 

 ject, as it has been handled by so able a pen : but we may 

 here be allowed to give a few hints upon the importance of 

 a better acquaintance with our indigenous trees and shrubs, 

 and the value of such an acquaintance to gentlemen who are 

 desirous of improving the appearance of their plantations, and 

 to amateurs and practical gardeners who would wish to beauti- 

 fy, to the greatest degree, a small extent of ground. The 

 more general adoption of our native trees in ornamental gar- 

 dening, and their merits compared with exotics, we have be- 

 fore touched upon (Introduction, p. 5,) and intended to have 

 again reverted to the subject as soon as lime and the oppor- 

 tunity would permit ; but other and pressing engagements have 

 prevented this, and it is with the greater pleasure that we are 



