10 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



We have as yet received no prominent accessions from 

 California. Messrs. Parsons & Co. have raised a number of trees 

 of the Thuja gigantea, and some other coniferas, but we are not 

 aware whether they are from the Sierra Nevada or the coast 

 range of mountains, those from the latter being scarcely hardy 

 enough for New England. The Washingtonm, which we 

 notice in another page, will undoubtedly prove hardy, and 

 we hope to see it introduced in large quantities, ere long, to- 

 gether with ^MdIcs bracteata, Torreya myristica, &c. &c. 



A severe frost on the 24th of April last, in England, 

 greatly injured, and in many cases destroyed, many ever- 

 greens. In the reports of the effects of that frost, which 

 have appeared in the Gard. Chronicle, it appears, as the Ed- 

 itor has stated, that locality is no certain test of the hardi- 

 ness of any particular variety ; for, while some that came 

 from latitudes, of which there could be no doubt of their 

 hardiness, were sadly injured ; others, supposed to be par- 

 tially tender, have proved as tough as an oak. Thus it ap- 

 pears, that to arrive at certain results, every individual species 

 and variety must have a fair trial under favorable circum- 

 stances. 



The last winter settled the question as regards the value 

 of the Weigelm rosea, Forsythea, and Deutzia gracilis ; all 

 stood unharmed, and flowered in great perfection. The 

 Weigelm is decidedly one of the finest shrubs, next to the 

 azalea, that has been introduced ; surpassing even the Japan 

 Spiraea. Everything from the North of China and Japan, 

 must be looked upon as exceedingly valuable, from the prob- 

 ability of their proving hardy, as the above have done. Mr. 

 Fortune has sent home other shrubs, among which are some 

 superb Viburnums, but they are yet rare and too valuable for 

 trial till more common. If these prove hardy, they will 

 greatly increase our stock of beautiful flowering shrubs. 



RURAL IMPROVEMENT. 



The progress of Rural taste is apparent everywhere. The 

 formation of Tree Associations, for the purpose of planting the 

 avejQues and public grounds of our towns and cities, is the 



