EVERGREENS FOR HEDGES. 55 



1 i ) The Golden arbor-vitse. This -is a beau- 

 tiful variety of Chinese origin, with a bright 

 yellowish-green foliage. I have not found it entirely 

 hardy in central New York, but nearly so. Its 

 growth is compact and round. 



(2) Two other small-growing varieties of 

 arbor-vitse with golden foliage are the Hovey and 

 the George Peabody. These are capital little trees 

 for low-growing and compact screens or hedges. 



(3) Among the Retinosporas are two exceed- 

 ingly beautiful bushes or small trees, with rich 

 golden color and foliage of a plume sort. These are 

 very graceful, the R. plumosa aurea and the gracilis 

 aurea. I do not know anything more pretty or 

 graceful. 



(4) Among upright growing evergreens w r e 

 have a number that are exceedingly well adapted to 

 hedges and hedge-like growth. The pyramidalis 

 arbor-vitse resembles the Irish juniper when seen at 

 a distance, but is useful where that is not and is more 

 hardy. The foliage is a rich, deep green; a color 

 which it retains all winter. This tree is not made 

 near as much use of as it should be. Indeed, our fine 

 lawns rarely have a proportionate number of pyra- 

 midal or erect-growing trees. 



(5) The Swedish juniper, the Irish juniper and 

 the Neoboriensis constitute three exceedingly fine 

 erect-growing evergreens suitable for hedges. The 

 Irish is perhaps the finest in growth, making a splen- 

 did column ten to fifteen feet high. Of the red cedar 

 I have already spoken. 



(6) Of dwarf-growing plants nothing could be 

 finer than the Tom Thumb arbor-vitse. Much like 



