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Snowdrofi, or White Fringe Tree. Of this there are two 

 species, both natives of the United States. 



Chionantttua montana^ or Mountain Snoivdrofi Tree. 

 This is the species most commonly cultivated ; it is easily 

 distinguished by its broad leaves, the great vigour and 

 size of its shoots, and by its large stature. The leaves are 

 laurel shaped, broad, and roundish ; the flowers are produced 

 in numerous bunches at the latter end of May on every part 

 of the tree; they are of a snow white, resembling clusters 

 of cut paper, and have a unique appearance. 



C/iionanthus maritimus, or Maritime Snoivdrofi Tree. 

 This much resembles the foregoing, except that it is of 

 more dwarfish growth, with much narrower leaves, and 

 with flowers rather more finely cut, and more numerous. 



Myrtle Leaved Coriaria, or Coriaria myrtifolia. This is 

 a shrub of beautiful appearance ; its leaves are of the size of 

 the broad leaved my rile, but of a much darker and more 

 shining green ; it is of low growth, seldom rising over three 

 feet; it throws out numerous branches, which, being fully 

 clad with leaves, cause it to form a dense shrub ; the flowers 

 grow at the ends of the shoots, and have little beauty. It 

 supports the winters of this latitude, but it is doubtful if it 

 would do so much further north without some winter cover- 

 ing or protection. 



Cy/iress. Of this there are two species usually planted 

 in this country, viz. 



Cufiressus dinticha, or American Deciduous Cyfiress 

 This is a tree of most rapid growth, and attains to an im- 

 mense size, scarcely secondary to any tree of North- Ame- 

 rica, often measuring 30 feet in circumference. Its wood 

 is very durable when used for posts to set in the ground ; 

 and, as it stands the cold of a northern climate, and is of 

 such quick, growth, there is no tree, the Locust excepted, 

 that could be so advantageously cultivated as a timber tree ; 

 the foliage is peculiarly light and delicate, which renders it 

 one of the most desirable trees for ornament. 



Cufiressua fsemfitrvirens, or Eurofiean Evergreen Cy- 

 press. This is a native of Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Crete, 

 and will not well support the winters of this latitude with- 

 out some covering or protection. It is an elegant tree, with 

 dense and dark green foliage, from which it has been poeti- 

 cally considered as an emblem of gloom, though its fine ver- 

 dant appearance, during the depth of winter, seems more 

 calculated to impart cheerful ideas, It forms a tree of con- 



