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to five inches broad, and, when young, to be enveloped " in 

 large scales, so closely imbricated and so large as to resemble 

 the cones of some species of pine." What a brood-rhodo- 

 dendron this would be ! Of the others, which are less hand- 

 some, many are fine things, but not remarkable. R. lanci- 

 folium seems to be nothing but R. Barhatum without its 

 beard, the latter being, as was remarked by a gentleman well 

 acquainted with such subjects, to all appearance, a " mossy" 

 state of the former. R. CampbellirB and Wallichii are also 

 fine things, with deep rose-colored flowers, but too much like 

 the rose-colored R. Arboreiim. The remainder are small 

 mountain species in the way oi R.ferriigineiim and hirsiitum. 



Upon the whole, it is a marvellous lot of novelties to have 

 been gathered out of one Indian province, and we recommend 

 the district to the nurseryman. Whoever could bring home 

 plenty of seeds of these things would require no better foun- 

 dation of a little fortune." 



The Funebral Cyjiress^ a new Evergreen Tree. — This is 

 the name of a new evergreen tree, hardy in England, and 

 probably hardy in our climate. It has very recently been 

 introduced, and we copy the following account of it from the 

 Gardener^s Chronicle. Should it prove hardy, it will be one 

 of the greatest acquisitions to our evergreen trees. It will 

 be noticed that it comes from the mountainous districts of 

 Chinese Tartary, in latitude 41° 58' N. where the climate is 

 full as severe as in the same parallel of this continent, and, 

 as the tree peonies, wistarias, and other shrubs from the 

 same region are perfectly hardy, there can be but little doubt 

 the Funebral Cypress will prove to be so. 



"The introduction of a new hardy evergreen tree into this 

 country is an event that is seldom noticed at first in the 

 manner it deserves. This arises from our being in general 

 imperfectly acquainted with the history of such plants ; and 

 the result is most'unfortunate, for, till experiment has decided 

 whether such a plant is hardy or not, nobody knows what to 

 think or dO' — the seedlings are neglected, put aside, or ruined 

 by being cramped in pots, and, at last, when their value is 

 discovered, the race has become almost extinct, and the con- 

 stitution of the survivors is, for the most part, ruined beyond 

 recovery. This has most especially been the history of Coni- 

 fers ; and Cryptomeria is a striking example of the practice. 



