236 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



piited to be equally durable with the Red Cedar. It is con- 

 sequently employed for various purposes in building and 

 fencing, where, in the northern districts, it grows in suffi- 

 cient abundance, and of suitable size. 



The Chinese Arbor Vitse, ( T. orientalis,) is a tree of much 

 smaller and more feeble growth. It cannot therefore as an 

 ornamental tree be put in competition with our native spe- 

 cies. But it is a beautiful evergreen for the garden and 

 shrubbery, where it finds a more suitable and sheltered site. 



The White Cedar, [Thuja spheroidoe,"^) which belongs 

 to the same genus as the Arbor Vitse, is a much loftier tree, 

 often growing 80 feet high. It can hardly be considered a 

 tree capable of being introduced into cultivated situations, 

 as it is found only in thick swamps and wet grounds. The 

 foliage considerably resembles that of the common Arbor 

 Vitse, though rather narrower, and more delicate in texture. 

 The cones are small and rusfo-ed, and chancre from ffreen to 

 a blue or brown tint in autumn. In the south it is often 

 called the Juniper. 



The White Cedar furnishes excellent shingles, much more 

 durable than those made of either Pine or Cypress ; in Phil- 

 adelphia the wood is much esteemed and greatly used in 

 cooperage. " Charcoal," according to Michaux, " highly es- 

 teemed in the manufacture of gunpowder, is made of young 

 stocks, about an inch and a half in diameter, deprived of 

 their bark ; and the seasoned wood affords beautiful lamp- 

 black, lighter and more intensely coloured, than that ob- 

 tained from the Pine." 



The American Holly Tree. Ilex. 



Nat. Ord. Aquifoliaceae. Lin. Stjst. Dioecia, Tetrandria. 



The European Holly is certainly one of the evergreen 

 glories of the English gardens. There, its deep green, glos- 



* Cupressxis thuyoides of the old botanists. 



