4 Retrospective Vino of the 



what a sparing hand such kinds are introduced into the gar- 

 dens, and around the dvvelhngs of country residences. In 

 most instances, all the shade trees and ornamental shrubs are 

 confined to eight or ten kinds, and whether the grounds are 

 the extent of an acre, or of twenty, the same sorts are re- 

 peated, until they become, from their great number, neither 

 objects of interest or beauty, otherwise tiian as affording dense 

 masses of shade and shelter. 



How different would be the impression made upon the 

 spectator, were such trees and shrubs selected for the size, 

 color, richness, or singularity of their foliage, — the brilliancy 

 of their fruit, or their botanical character. In the place of a few 

 firs and pines and common shrubs, why should we not see the 

 graceful drooping of the Norway spruce; the glossy leaves 

 of the magnolias; the tulip tree, for its noble flowers; the 

 purple beech, for its dark foliage, contrasting with the lighter 

 hues of otlier vegetation; the t/'lmus alata, for its singular 

 shoots; the weeping ash, weeping cherry, and weeping labur- 

 num; the Salisbur/a adiantifolia; and among smaller shrubs, 

 the Cornelian cherry, with its scat let fruit; the hawthorns, with 

 their crimson or golden haws; the deep green of the rhodo- 

 dendrons andlaurel, (Kalmut laiifolia?) But we need not 

 multiply the list here, as our only object was to bring to the 

 minds of our readers the great number of hardy trees and 

 shrubs which are suitable for planting out, to give variety and 

 increased interest to villa residences. We shall endeavor to 

 bring this subject frequently before our readers, in order to 

 have them become familiarized with the kinds of trees adapt- 

 ed for ornamental purposes in our climate. 



Horticulture. 



The cultivation of new and choice varieties of fruits is 

 attracting the earnest attention of cultivators: in no depart- 

 ment of horticulture has there been so percej)tib!e an im- 

 provement as in the growth, and the introduction, either from 

 abroad, or by native seedlings, of new fruits. The old va- 

 rieties, many of which were never remarkable for any peculiar 

 qualities, are remjoved to give place for those kinds which 

 produce good crops of excellent quality. The introduction 

 of the new Flemish pears, generally greatly superior to the 

 best of the older kinds, has created a demand which nursery- 



