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evergreens on the north shore of Massachusetts where nearly all the 

 species do well, with perhaps the exception of the Austrian and 

 Scotch pines which he said were apt, after a term of years, to be- 

 come rusty and die. He considered the Norway spruce one of our 

 best trees. The hemlock was difficult to grow except in sheltered 

 positions. 



Robert Cameron inquired as to the success the Lecturer had had 

 in the cultivation of Seciuoia, Cedars of Lebanon, and Torreya. 



Mr. Dunbar replied that the largest trees of Sequoia gigantea in 

 cultivation that he knew of were in the nursery of Ellwanger & 

 Barry at Rochester, New York. They are about fifty years old, 

 but are now in a dnng condition. He said that he did not con- 

 sider them of much value as an ornamental tree and they do not 

 appear to find congenial conditions anj-^here outside of their native 

 home in the mountains of California. 



Sequoia sempervirens was a more tender species than S. gigantea 

 but is useless in this part of the world. INIr. Dunbar said that he 

 had planted some Cedars of Lebanon about twelve years ago but 

 they were not making much progress. The Torreyas were not 

 of much account as ornamental trees in this part of the world. 

 T. nucifera does fairly well in some parts of Connecticut and in 

 some of the milder parts of the Northeastern States. 



