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that, in its cultivation, we must be prepaied for occasional disappointment. 

 It has, to a very great extent, the bad habit of making a late growth ; so it 

 does not ripen its wood well : and, though I have two or three dozen trees 

 eight or ten feet high, many of them are disfigured by a loss of a portion 

 of their branches, and it is difficult to find a perfect specimen 3 indeed, I 

 saw but few in Europe. 



Thiiiopsis borealis, the Nootka-sound Cypress. — Here we have a per- 

 fectly hardy tree, of large size, which cannot fail to give good satisfaction, 

 and must be considered a decided acquisition in any collection. A varie- 

 gated variety has lately been sent out, which will also, no doubt, be found 

 hardy. 



Thuja gigantca. — It is gratifying to be able to state that this tree, which 

 had just been introduced when Mr. Sargent's book appeared, has been 

 found perfectly reliable on further trial. It is described as a noble ever- 

 green, with an umbrella-shaped top, from the Columbia River, growing to 

 the great height, for an Arborvitce, of one hundred and forty feet ; and it is 

 to be hoped our enterprising cultivators will lose no time in getting up a 

 stock, so that it can be freely distributed throughout the country. 



Cephalotaxus Fortuni. — A fine evergreen-tree, of undoubted hardiness ; 

 growing forty to fifty feet high in the north of China ; resembling very 

 much the English Yew, which it is likely to replace where the latter does 

 not perfectly succeed. It is a very ornamental tree, and merits general 

 cultivation. There is another variety, called Cephalotaxus drupacea, which 

 I have had several years ; but it is of very slow growth, and has made very 

 little progress so far. 



Pseudo-Larix, or Abies Kaempferi, the Golden Larch. — When Mr. Sar- 

 gent's book was published, small seedling plants of this tree had just been 

 received ; but their growth has been so slow, they are still quite small, 

 though hardy beyond any question. It resembles very much our common 

 Larch ; but, from some cause or other, the price continues too high in Eng- 

 land for any except very limited importations to this country. 



Of trees of a medium size amongst the Arborvitczs and junipers, we have 

 a considerable number, all more or less desirable for general cultivation, 

 and indispensable where any complete collection is attempted. They con- 

 sist of lymja Lobbiana, variegata, glauca, Meldensis, Wareana., and Hoveyii, 



