2/0 Evergreens for the Western Prairies. 



Vrught and Prince Albert, fine blue ; Argus, blue, shading to white ; 

 David Rizzio, dark purple ; Samson, light blue ; Sir Walter Scott, lilac ; 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme, fine white ; Lilaceus, lilac ; Ne Plus Ultra, violet, 

 with white edge ; Sir John Franklin, the darkest blue. 



The above are all fine, and generally distinct. If names are an object, 

 one may multiply almost indefinitely by importing fi'om Plolland, where 

 a variation of time of blooming, a peculiar shading or stripe, are made to 

 constitute a variety. 



Thus to whites we may add Mrs. Beecher Stowe (almost identical, how- 

 ever, with Caroline Chisholm), Grand Conquerant or Concurrent, Mont 

 Blanc, Calypso, Queen Victoria, and La Pucelle. 



To the striped varieties. La Majesteuse, Bride of Lammermoor, Duke 

 of Cumberland, Elfrida, Rhea Sylvia. 



To the blues, Charles Dickens, Loveliness, Lilaceus superbus. The 

 cloth-of-silver, the old Crocus versicolor^ is white with purple stripes, and 

 should be planted in a mass by itself, as its season of bloom is after 

 the others. 



To all who welcome the first tokens of spring, whether in city or coun- 

 try, we say, Plant a bed of crocus. They are cheerful flowers, promising 

 bright days in the midst of storm, and teach a lesson of hope and faith. 



The admirable illustration of our article is taken from a group drawn 

 from Nature by Miss Stetson, No. 29, Studio Building, Boston, who excels 

 in portraiture of flowers. We only wish we could have reproduced her 

 excellent water-color in our engraving. E. S. R., Jiin. 



Glen Ridge, October, iS68. 



EVERGREENS FOR THE WESTERN PRAIRIES. 



I HAVE thought that perhaps I could contribute something for your Hor- 

 ticultural Journal of interest to some persons : so I take the subject of the 

 winter-green trees, usually called " evergreens." The demand for these 

 trees is on the increase from year to year, as we learn their value for beauty, 

 and for screens, and for wind-breaks to protect us from the winter-blasts 



