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attention. We find it remarkably hardy, adapting itself to all 

 soils, (though said to grow naturally in Austria, on the lightest 

 sands.) A specimen here, grew nearly three feet last season ; 

 and its bold, stiff foliage, is sufficiently marked to arrest the 

 attention among all other evergreens." The same gentleman 

 says of the Pinus cembra, the Swiss Stone Pine : " We find it 

 perfectly hardy in this latitude. This tree produces an eatable 

 kernel, and, though of comparatively slow growth, is certainly 

 one of the most interesting of the Pine family." 



ABIES. 



The Spruce. 



According to Emerson, " Three species are found in Massa- 

 chusetts : 



" 1st. The Hemlock has small, pointed, pendulous, terminal 

 cones, and thin, flat leaves. 



" 2d. The Black Spruce has dependent, egg-shaped cones, 

 with scales waved and jagged at the edge. 



" 3d. The White Spruce has longer cones, also dependent 

 and spindle-shaped, with scales smooth and entire at the edge. 



" Both have four-angled, awl-shaped leaves." 



The Norway Spruce, now becoming well known as a hardy, 

 ornamental evergreen, is finer than either the Black or White 

 Spruce, and is distinguished from them by its much longer 

 cylindrical cones, thick foliage, and drooping branches. 



Abies Canademis. The Hemlock. This elegant tree, for 

 some reason, has not been introduced into our pleasure-grounds 

 to any great extent ; for what reason, we know not. We have 

 seen it, in great magnificence, in the grounds of Mr. J. S. C. 

 Green, of Waltham, grown upon a lawn, singly, and intermin- 

 gled with other trees. We remarked to the gardener, that these 

 were the finest specimens we had ever seen, except in its na- 

 tive haunts, and said that it was supposed to be an exceedingly 

 difficult tree to transplant. He replied, this was not the case, 

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