X PREFACE. 



" What shall I plant ?" seems one of the great in- 

 quiries, in attempting to answer which, the Editor of this 

 New Edition has endeavored to give a list of such of the 

 newer trees and shrubs as have come into notice within 

 the past ten years, with such descriptions of their habits 

 and character as his own information, together with the 

 experience of others (both, he regrets to say, very mea- 

 gre), will enable him to give. 



With regard to the acclimatizing of Evergreens, he 

 would have preferred to have had the experience of 

 another year, in order to test still further certain varie- 

 ties, as yet comparatively untried ; but perhaps some 

 future edition may enable him to do this. 



In conclusion, he would beg to acknowledge the assist- 

 ance he has derived, in the identification and classification 

 of new and doubtful varieties, from Mr. Gordon's excel- 

 lent work on " The Pinetum," and also from the very 

 complete and thorough "Traite General des Coniferes," 

 par M. Carri&re. 



To those gentlemen, in this country, who have given 

 him the result of their experience in acclimatizing Ever- 

 greens, he desires also to make his acknowledgments. 



H. W. S. 



WODENETHE, FlSHKILL LANDING, DUCHESS Co., ) 



New York, January, 1859. 



