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or to the length of time during which they 

 have been known among us. But then, 

 even these, until comparatively recent 

 periods, were in no great varieties ; or, if 

 there were varieties, there was so little 

 specific difference that they were generally 

 regarded as being all of one kind. But 

 the planter, now, who takes up the 

 catalogues of any of our large growers of 

 ornamental forest trees and shrubs, will 

 find that he has a vast variety to select 

 from, and many of them eminently beauti- 

 ful, while he need not go beyond the old, 

 common, and familiar names. This will 

 be apparent from the lists of forest trees, 

 given under the headings, Oak and Chief 

 Varieties, Ash, Elm, Lime, Beech, Maple, 

 Horse Chestnut, Spanish Chestnut, Poplar, 

 Thorn, and Pyrus (which see), in which 

 the different varieties are grouped together 

 under the general name of the particular 

 family to which each belongs. 



Trees to be Raised from Seed. 



The following list of trees, &c., whose 

 seeds may be procured, will be found to be 

 useful. The letters attached to the names 

 bear the following significance : D., best 

 shrubs for growing under the drip of trees 

 or in shade; E., evergreens; F., foliage 

 trees, to be planted for effect ; G., best for 

 game coverts or underwood ; H., specially 

 adapted for hop poles, crates, &c. ; S., best 

 for growing near sea-coast ; T. , best for 

 growing near towns or in smoky districts. 



Alder, Common, H. 



Cut-leaved, F. 



,, Fern-leaved, F. 

 Arbor Vitae, American, E.F. 

 Araucaria imbricata, (Monkey Puzzle), E.F. 

 Ash, Common, H.S. 



Mountain, H.S.T. 



Aspen (Populus tremula), H. 



Beech, Common, S.T. 



Purple, F.S.T. 



Birch, Common, H.T. 



Silver, or Weeping, F. 

 Black Thorn, or Sloe, G. 

 Box Tree, D.E.G.S. 

 Butter Nut (Juglans cinerca). 



Cedar of Lebanon, E. 



,, Indian (Cedrus deodara), E. 

 Red (Juniperus Virginiana), E. 

 White, E. 

 Chestnut, Horse, F.T. 



,, Scarlet-flowered, F. 



Sweet or Spanish (Castanea vesca), F.H. 

 Cypress, Lawson's, E.F. 



,, Golden, Lawson's, E.F. 

 Scented (Cupressusfragrans), E.F. 



Elm, English, H.T. 



,, Wych, or Scotch, H.S.T. 

 Eucalyptus globosus (Blue Gum), E.F. 



marginata, E.F. 



Fir, Austria, E.S.T. 

 Balm of Gilead, E.F. 

 Douglas, E.F. 



Scotch (Pinus sylvestris), E.T. 

 Silver, E.S. 



Hawthorn, Thorn, or Quick, G.T. 

 Hazel, G.H. 



Hickory (Gary a alba). 

 Holly, Green, D.E.H.S. 



Variegated, E.F. H.S. 

 Hornbeam, G. 

 Laburnum, T. 

 Larch (Pinus larix). 

 Laurel, Common, D.E.G. 

 Portugal, D.E.G. 



Lime, Common, Large and Small-leaved, H.T. 

 Lilac, Blue and White, T. 

 Locust Tree (Robinia pseudoacacid). 

 Maple, Common or English (Acer campestre), H.S. 

 Norway (A. platanoides), H.S. 

 ,, Sugar (A, sacchariutn). 

 Swamp (A. rubrum), F. 

 Myrtle, E. 

 Negundo, or Box Elder, Variegated (Negundo 



Acer variegatutri), F.T. 

 Oak, English, H. 



Scarlet, F. 



Pinaster (Pinus pinaster), E.S. 

 Pine, Corsican, E.S. 



Mountain or Dwarf (Pinus fiumilio), E.G. 

 ,, Nordmann's, E.F. 

 Pinus insignis, E.F.S. 

 Plane, Eastern, T. 

 ,, Western, T. 

 Poplar, White, H.S.T. 

 Italian, H. 

 Black, H. 



Privet, Evergreen, D.E.G.S.T. 

 ,, Oval-leaved, D.E.S.T. 

 Rhododendron Ponticum, D.E.G.T. 



H hybridum, D.E.T. 



Spruce, Norway, K. 



Black American (Pinus fjgra\ E. 

 White American (Pinus alba), E. 

 Sycamore, Common (Acer pseudo-platanus), F. 

 ,, Purple-leaved (A. p.-purpureuni), F. 



Tulip Tree, (Liriodendron tulipifera), F.T. 

 Walnut, Common (Juglans regia), F.T. 



,, Black (Juglans nigra), F. 



Wellingtonia gigantea, E.F. 

 Willow, Green, or Osier (Salix vintinalie), H.S.T. 

 ,, White-leaved, S.T. 

 Purple-leaved, S.T. 

 Yew, English, D.K.F.G. 

 ,, Irish, E.F. 



The foregoing list contains most, if not 



