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cedar boughs, but was destroyed by the severe weather of '55-6. 

 At Elizabethtown, N. J., there are specimens five feet high, 

 and, it is reported to us, as nearly hardy there. At Washington, 

 and on Long Island it has not been sufficiently tested to be 

 pronounced upon. The only unqualified return of entire suc- 

 cess is from Augusta, Ga., where it stands admirably and 

 becomes one of their most lovely evergreens. 



L. Doniana (Don's arbor vita?) even more than the pre- 

 ceding resembles an arbor vitse, and is more 

 ^Thuja Doniana. generally known and sold as a Thuja than a 

 Libocedrus ; it has the appearance of a most 

 exquisite fern, being of a peculiarly soft yellowish green, and 

 most delicate habit. There is no hope, we fear, of acclimatizing 

 this beautiful variety, except, perhaps, in the Southern States ; 

 but nothing can well be prettier or more attractive than this 

 and the preceding variety (L. Chiliensis), grown in pots or tubs. 



L. decurrens, the third and last variety, being more properly 

 an arbor vitas, has been removed to that genus, we shall there- 

 fore describe it under its appropriate head of Thuja. 



Picea. THE SILVER FIR. 



In contradistinction to Abies, the Spruce fir is derived from 

 pix (pitch) this variety producing an abundance of resin, and 

 having their cones erect and nearly cylindrical, while the cones 

 of the Abies (Spruce fir) are pendant and persistent for a long 

 time. They are found in Europe, Asia, and North America 

 and are, we believe, without exception perfectly hardy in the 

 middle and northern portions of the United States, and a very 

 great addition to our ornamental evergreens. 



P. amabilis (the lovely Silver fir) one of the latest addi- 

 tions to this tribe of plants, still rare and very 

 Sy ' . costly. There are no plants of any size in 



Pinus lasiocarpa. his country. It stands well at Beach Clyflfe, 

 the residence of Mr. Kane, at Newport, and 

 also at Flushing, and we presume it may prove hardy at Boston. 

 It is a magnificent tree in its native forests on the mountains 

 of Northern California, reaching an altitude of two hundred 



