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There are some very fine dwarf-growing varieties which make 

 very pretty low hedges or bordering for walks, and are an excel- 

 lent substitute for the Dwarf Box. Those known as Booth's and 

 Parson's Dwarf Arbor Vitse, are among the best of this class. 



American Ye"W. — Taxus Baccata, var. Canadensis. — ^This alsa 

 is a native, and the only Yew that we know to be sufficiently 

 hardy to endure perfectly the severity of our climate. It forms 

 a low spreading shrub, of about three feet in height, natxirally 

 somewhat straggling, but very patient under the knife, and can 

 be pruned into any desired form. The foHage is of a deep and 

 somewhat sombre green. The seed is surrounded by a pulpy, 

 cup-shaped disc, of a pretty coral-red color. It is sometimes 

 called Ground Hemlock. 



Austrian Pine. — Pimis Austriaca. — This is one of the most 

 popular Pines for ornamental planting. Introduced from the 

 mountains of Austria, it seems to be quite at home in our Cana- 

 dian climate. It has a rough, shaggy appearance, is of rapid 

 growth, and valuable as a strong, hardy tree, that will produce a 

 speedy effect on the lawn, or be serviceable in breaking the force 

 of sweeping winds. 



Balsam Fir. — Abies Balsamea. — ^Another hardy native tree, 

 of a very regular conical outline, attaining a height of some 

 thirty feet or more. It is a beautiful tree when young, but as it 

 acquires age, the lower branches begin to decay, marring sadly 

 the beauty of its earlier years. 



Common Juniper. — Juniperus Communis. — Is common to 

 North America, Europe, and Asia. It seldom rises above eight 

 or ten feet in height, and makes a valuable variety for small 

 grounds. It is not suitable for hedges, for which it is sometimes 

 used, the branches frequently dying out, and destroying the 

 appearance of the hedge. It bears pruning well, and may be 

 trimmed into a very neat and compact form. 



Eastern Spruce. — Abies Orientalis. — One of the most com- 

 pact growing evergreen trees, attaining a height of about seventy- 

 five feet, of a most beautiful and regularly conical form, branching 



