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to the ground. It is as liardy as the oSTorway Spruce, and makes 

 a very handsome ornamental tree. 



Hemlock Spruce. — Abies Canadensis. — A tree of the I^orth, 

 enduring the cold and the storm, yet of most graceful form and 

 foliage, rivaUing, nay, surpassing in heauty and elegance most of 

 the evergreens introduced from foreign lands. It is in moist, 

 loamy, and deep soils that it thrives best, there its gracefulness 

 and beauty of form and foliage are fully developed, but in very 

 dry or very wet soils it does not thrive well. When grown in 

 clumps, or crowded with other trees, the lower limbs die out, but 

 standing singly, the branches continue, clothing the tree to the 

 very ground. 



Lambert's Pine. — Pinus Lambertiana. — This noble tree 

 bears considerable resemblance to our White Pine while it is 

 young, but it attains to a much larger size, rising in its native 

 habitat, on the California coast, to a height of over two himdred 

 feet. It is perfectly hardy in our climate, and makes a valuable 

 addition to the group of Pines. 



Norway Spruce. — Abies Excelsa. — ^Probably the best known 

 and most generally planted of all the evergreens. None surpass 

 it in general utility, for it is hardy, adapts itself to a great 

 variety of soils, grows rapidly, makes a handsome specimen tree 

 when standing singly, and splendid screens or wind-breaks when 

 planted in groups or in more formal hedge-rows. 



Nordmann's Fm. — Abies Nordmanniana. — A native of the 

 Crimean mountains, that deserves a place with us on accoimt of 

 its beauty and hardihood. The specimens we have seen have 

 been perfect models in form and outline, the foliage retaining its 

 freshness in all temperatures, and the growth sturdy and vigorous. 



Eed Cedar. — Juniperus Virginiana. — Planted in groups, 

 not too closely, this tree may be used as a screen to break the 

 force of our wintry winds, but it is not suitable for hedges, on 

 account of the tendency of the branches to die out when over- 

 crowded. It is extremely variable in its habit of growth, and 

 becomes a very useful tree in the hands of the landscape gardener,. 



