the adaptability and hardiness of the newer varities of Coniferse 

 when planted in the different soils, and conditions prevailing- in 

 this state. We may plant, without fear of results, almost any- 

 where the well-known Norway Spruce, American Arbor Yitae and 

 others, but this fact is no guarantee of sturdy characters in the 

 many more graceful and beautiful varieties of these species, 

 which have been evolved by the work and careful selection of the 

 nurserymen. An illustration of this fact is present with us. I 

 find among the very few records of the earliest plantings of nur- 

 sery stock (which were very extensive in 1860), upon the college 

 grounds, that a laige number of species, as well as some of their 

 varieties, of evergreens were imported from the nursery of Louis 

 Leroy, Angers, France, and to-day there are to be found only a 

 few sturdy specimens as representatives. The early notes upon 

 the behavior of these trees, and the time and causes of their 

 death, have long- ago been lost, and this is greatly to be re- 

 gretted ; for while many of the plants succumbed under the se- 

 verity of our winters, some undoubtedly disappeared through 

 pure neglect or careless destruction. 



In the bill of goods received from the above nursery I find the 

 following Conif erse were obtained : 



Pin us Austriaca. 



rnitis. 



pinaster. 



Laricio Corsica. 



halepensis. 



pincta. 



pumilis. 

 Larix Europea. 

 Sequoia gigantea. 

 Juniper us nana. 



" thurifera. 



Juniperus oblonga peiidula. 

 " fragrans. 

 " alba, 

 prostrata. 

 recurva, 

 religiosa. 

 stricta. 

 squamata. 

 sabina cupressifolia. 



" variegata. 

 Virginiana pendula. 



From other sources were obtained the following : 



Picea nigra. 



" excelsa. 

 Abies balsamea. 



" pectinata. 

 Thuya Siberica. 



" occidentalis. 



Pinus sylvestris. 



Juniperus commums Hibernica. 



" Chinensis, 



" Japonica. 



" occidentalis. 



Out of this entire collection there are remaining on the college 

 campus only a few of the above-named, the balance (as far as' I 

 can learn) had disappeared previous to 1870. The survivors are 

 all well-known as hardy evergreens, namely : 



