EVERGREEN TREES. 



THE American Arbor VitaD and some other evergreen trees 

 were more or less injured, and many killed, as it was generally 

 supposed, by the severe winter of 1855. While the hard winter 

 had much to do in their injury and destruction, it was, in fact, 

 the great drought of the two preceding summers that laid the 

 foundation of the evil. The greatest damage done to these trees 

 appeared to be in the driest situations. In such locations, the 

 soil was so dry that the young fibres of the roots must have been 

 so completely dried up or weakened that they were not sufficient 

 to sustain the trees through the severe winter. I lost five Hem- 

 lock trees, that had been planted seven or eight years, and had 

 attained the height of ten to twelve feet, which were in a vigor- 

 ous growing state previous to the drought. A number of Arbor 

 Vitaes, about the same height, were also very much injured, or 

 so much checked in their growth that it is doubtful whether they 

 will fully recover. The destruction of Arbor Vitse trees was 

 very great throughout New England, especially in dry land. In 

 some instances, where they were planted for hedges, a majority 

 of the trees were killed. 



If our native evergreen trees, which we consider so hardy, 

 were thus damaged and destroyed,' it is no wonder that some of 

 the newly-imported choice evergreens should have disappointed 

 our hop?s and expectations in relation to their hardiness. 



I have been trying very hard to acclimate the Deodar Cedar 

 (Cedrus deodar] , Chilian Pine (Araucaria imbricata), the 

 Cypress of Europe (Cupressus sempervirens), the Cedar of Leba- 

 non (Lavix cedrus), and some others, with partial success. I am 

 hoping to succeed, not only with these beautiful evergreens, but 

 with others which I have now under treatment ; but still have my 

 fears that our New England climate will be too severe for them 



