THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



RTICULTURE, 



MAY, 1852. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Mountain and Forest Rambles. By John liEwis 

 Russell, A. M. 



In several numbers of the Magazine of Horticulture, &c., 

 I notice your effort to recommend the introduction of our 

 native shrubs into more general cultivation. As every year 

 gardening is partaking of a wider character, so there will be 

 a demand for the materials to sustain it. I had a glance, not 

 long since, of an extensive planting of the varieties of hardy, 

 deciduous, and evergreen trees, on the sides of hills and on 

 slopes contiguous to the residence of a friend ; a kind of 

 foresight on his part, which will eventually prove his taste 

 and wisdom. There are a good many trees besides, which 

 claim more regard. What a curious and valuable arboretum, 

 of a single genus, some low, swampy, and almost Avorthless 

 piece of ground might make, if devoted to planting it out 

 with all kinds and varieties of willows. I would willingly 

 perform quite a journey to be able to visit such a grouping 

 of authentic specimens of these beautiful but strangely over- 

 looked trees, whose forms and distinctions, to be known 

 accurately, must be studied side by side. The rich silken 

 aments of the flowers of some of the smaller and shrubby 

 species have often arrested my attention, and I have thought 

 how beautiful they might be made to appear by judicious 

 grouping and attentive care. 



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