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10. PINE, White or Weymouth, Pinus strobus ; California, 

 Pinus Bentliamana ; Grand Pacific, Pinus Lambertiana, often 

 grows two hundred feet high ; Long-leaved, Pinus larico ; Nut, 

 Pinus cembra, growing only fifteen to twenty feet, having a 

 large cone with edible seeds. 



There are many other varieties of Pines, several of them new 

 and very beautiful. 



11. SPRUCE, Hemlock (common Hemlock), Abies Canaden- 

 sis ; Norway, Abies excelsa. Among the noblest of evergreen 

 trees. The former, when tasseled with its young spring growth, 

 is peculiarly beautiful. 



12. JAPAN DOGWOOD, Euonymus japonicus. Pretty, but 

 tender at the North. Increased by offshoots, layers, or cuttings. 



13. LAUREL, Kalmia latifolia. The beautiful wild Laurel 

 of our woods, which, as it disappears before cultivation, should 

 be transferred to the lawn and garden. Its unfading green- 

 ness, and the composition of its blossom-tuft by the union of an 

 indefinite number of star-like flower-buds, each perfect in itself, 

 render it by no means an inappropriate floral emblem of our 

 national Union. Increased by layers or seeds. 



14. ROSE BAY, Catawba Rose Bay, Rhododendron Cataw- 

 biense Great Laurel or Larger Rose Bay, Hhododendron 

 maximum. Fine flowering wild swamp shrubs, requiring, 

 when cultivated, some shade and moisture. The first, which is 

 the finest of its tribe, may need a little winter protection in 

 certain localities. They thrive in leaf mould, or peat, or sweet- 

 ened swamp muck. Increased by layers, and sometimes by 

 seeds. 



SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. 



TWENTY-FOUR KINDS. 



Almost all our shade and ornamental trees, as well as shrubs 

 and evergreens, may be raised from seed by those who have pa- 

 tience to wait for their growth. 



If possible, the drying and storing of their seeds should be 

 avoided. All those which are naturally shed in the fall, as 

 chestnuts, acorns, maple and ash " keys," &c., should either be 

 sown in the fall, or mixed with earth and buried out of doors 



