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it is visited by grosbeaks, crossbills, finches of 

 various sorts, nuthatches, chickadees, etc., and 

 in the spring it is the favorite hunting ground of 

 many of our migrants; while in the summer it 

 offers tempting nesting sites to numerous resi- 

 dents. The Douglas spruce of the West is 

 undoubtedly one of the finest of our introduced 

 species. It seems perfectly hardy in many 

 places where our native spruces do not flourish, 

 and should be used in the future much more than 

 it has been in the past. 



" Of the hard pines the Norway is by far the best 

 tree, and should be planted much oftener than 

 it is. The white pine and the hemlock are per- 

 haps the finest of our evergreens and too well 

 known to need further description. The white 

 pine is a particularly rapid grower, and both 

 that and the hemlock flourish throughout prac- 

 tically the entire region, and should be planted 

 whenever possible. 



"The Japanese yew, although slow of growth, 

 is one of the hardiest of the introduced species, 

 and the mature plants, with their striking pink 

 berries, make a wonderful addition to our gardens 

 and evergreen plantations. 



"The writer also believes in the planting of 

 rhododendrons, either R. maximum or R. cataw- 

 biense, and laurel, Kalmia latifolia, when they 



