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introduced with good effect among other evergreen trees. We 

 have seen an impervious hedge made of it. For this purpose the 

 plants should be raised from the seed, which, like the White Ce- 

 dar, will require eighteen months to vegetate. " The Red Cedar 

 is distinguished from the White and the Arbor Vitae, the only 

 trees which it resembles, by having its fruit in the form of a 

 berry, and its leaves exhibiting but slightly a tendency to arrange 

 themselves in a plane." The blue berries, that are sometimes 

 produced in great profusion, add much to the interest of the 

 tree, when they are ripe, in the months of October and Novem- 

 ber. The Red Cedar assumes various shapes, but generally 

 Gothic-like in style. We have noticed a small tree, in our 

 neighborhood, that is perfectly plume-like in shape, rising up 

 twelve or fifteen feet, with a base of only about three. The 

 Red Cedar is very valuable for posts, its wood being almost 

 incorruptible. They are generally carefully pruned of their 

 lower branches, which spoils the beauty of the tree. For orna- 

 ment, they should be encouraged to throw off branches from 

 the ground. 



/. communis. The Common Juniper. This is a prostrate 

 evergreen shrub, troublesome to eradicate, and of no use for 

 ornament. 



Among the new evergreen trees desirable for introduction, 

 particularly in a more southern region, are the Deodara Cedar, 

 (Cedrus deodar,} and the Chilian Pine, (Araucaria imbricate.) 

 We hope they may also succeed in this region ; they certainly 

 deserve a trial. They are noticed in Downing's Horticulturist, 

 who says of the Deodar Cedar : " The general habit of this tree, 

 as has been already remarked, is that of the Cedar of Lebanon, 

 which it most nearly resembles. Its foliage, however, is larger, 

 of a lighter, more silvery hue, and the branches have more of 

 a drooping habit, and more feathery lightness, than the Cedar 

 of Lebanon. The fact that it grows more rapidly, will serve 

 as an additional recommendation to the lover of fine trees. 

 This is still a very rare tree. There are yet no specimens in 

 America over a few feet in height." The same author re- 

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