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Juniperus hibernica (the Irish Juniper). Evergreen. 

 Height, 20 feet. A greyish-looking plant of close com- 

 pact growth, and neat in the extreme. Excellent for 

 light sandy soils. 



Juniperus virginiana slricta (the Upright Red Cedar). 

 Evergreen. Height, 30 feet. This is a very beautiful 

 close-growing variety of the Red Cedar, apparently but 

 little known, but valuable for its dense tufts of rich dark 

 foliage and great hardihood, and thriving in almost any 

 soil. 



Pinus Larico. Evergreen. Height, 100 feet. The 

 true Corsican Pine is one of the grandest and most beauti- 

 ful of strictly pyramidal Pines, so hardy and so free that 

 it deserves a fuller recognition than it has hitherto met 

 with at the hands of planters. Some splendid columns of 

 it exist at Pampesford Hall, near Cambridge, which are 

 worth going many miles to see. 



Quercus Ilex Fordii (Ford's Evergreen Oak). Ever- 

 green. Height, 30 feet. A tree with small dark green 

 leaves, quite distinct from the other kinds of evergreen 

 Oak, and very hardy. 



Taxus baccata fastigiata (the Irish Yew). Evergreen. 

 Height, 20 feet. One of the most rigid and darkest of 

 evergreens, the leaves being of a blackish-green. Good 

 for groups, lines, or avenues. Very hardy, growing in any 

 soil. 



Taxus baccata pyramidalis. Evergreen. Height, 20 

 feet. This is apparently a hybrid between the common 

 and Irish Yew, less rigid and dark than the latter, more 

 diffuse, but still of pyramidal growth. A handsome tree 

 of free growth, and very hardy. 



Thuja gigantea Evergreen. Height, 30 feet. A 

 beautiful tree, the colour a rich grass green. It should be 

 removed yearly in the nurseries, or does not transplant well. 



Thuja pyramidalis. Evergreen. Height, 20 feet. This 

 tree, comparatively but little known, is one of the loveliest 

 of the Arborvitaes, and very hardy. The branches, which 



