.aider this and ihe following one as the most desirable spc 

 ies for ornament, but both need some protection in this lati- 

 tude during our severest winters, which, somewhat further,, 

 south, is altogether unnecessary. 



Quercus suber, or Spanish Cork Oak. This is the tree 

 whose thick bark supplies the world with such immense 

 quantities of cork as are used for bottles, and other purposes. 

 The leaves are of an oblong oval figure, and serrated OQ 

 their edges their upper surface is smooth, and of a fine 

 green, and beneath they are downy; the acorns are very 

 jLong ; the bark on old trees is rough and spongy, but, on. 

 young shoots, smooth and grey. In addition to its being a 

 great curiosity on account of yielding the genuine cork, it is 

 an evergreen of very fine foliage, well calculated to adorn 

 pleasure grounds. I have already mentioned, that in this 

 latitude it needs some covering in severe seasons. 



Qutrcus -virais, or Live Oak. This is the tree which 

 yields the imperishable timber used in the construction of 

 our national and merchant ships. It also forms one of the 

 iinest ornamental trees that our country can boast of; its fo- 

 liage much resembles the varieties of the common Olive, 

 and on the young plant these will be of a great variety of 

 shapes; its growth is slosv, and it will not support the win- 

 ters in the vicinity of New-York without protection, although 

 it does those of England. It may, in the course of time, be- 

 come acclimated to this latitude, but, until then, its full de- 

 velopment must be confined to more southern localities. 



Buckthorn, or Rharnnus. Of this genus I will particu- 

 larize but two species, viz. 



Rhamnus catharticus^ or Sea Buckthorn. The leaves of 

 this tree are oval, and pointed at the ends, and about two 

 inches long, with serrated edges; the flowers are green, and 

 produced in clusters from the sides of the branches, and are 

 no way conspicuous; it rises to the height of 14 or 15 feet, 

 throwing out numerous shoots on all sides, and produces, 

 during the autumn, abundant clusters of black berries, which 

 form its principal ornament. It has long been used in Eu- 

 rope for hedges, and has latterly been planted in this country 

 for the same purpose ; and I have seldom seen a more beau- 

 tiful hedge of any other shrub, and consider it extremely eli- 

 gible for that purpose. 



Rhanmus fialiurus, or Christ's Thorn. This grows na- 

 turally to the height of from 12 to 14 feet, sending forth 

 numerous slender branches on all sides, which are armed 



