THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE. 



APRIL, 1849. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Select List of Hardy, Deciduous, mid Evergreen 

 Shrubs. By the Editor. 



Nothing adds so much to the beauty and interest of a small 

 garden or a suburban residence, as a liberal stock of the show- 

 ier ornamental shrubs, both evergreen and deciduous. Nu- 

 merous as the species and varieties are, and natives too, as 

 many of them be, yet it is rare that more than a dozen of 

 them are found in a collection, unless in that of some zealous 

 amateur or lover of trees, who is acquainted with their mer- 

 its, and fully appreciates their beauty. 



More especially are our gardens deficient in evergreen 

 shrubs. Rich as our Flora is in its several species, and 

 prized as they are by cultivators abroad, it is rare to find 

 them occupying a place in our collections. Our pastures 

 abound with the elegant kalmia — our woods are skirted with 

 the beautiful rhododendron — our swamps dotted with the sil- 

 very andromeda — and our low grounds clustered with the 

 glossy-leaved winter-green . But among our cultivated shrubs, 

 they are as little known as the rarest plants of foreign climes. 



Our object is now to name some of the most ornamental 

 and desirable shrubs ; not a list of all, as that would occupy 

 more room than we now have to spare ; but, at another oppor- 

 tunity, we shall extend the number, and arrange them all, in- 

 cluding those now enumerated, according to the Natural 

 method, that those who are desirous of making an arboretum 

 can have a guide in the selection of kinds adapted for that 

 purpose. 



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