378 TREES. 



the first timber trees of the other continent. The singularity of its 

 foliage, as a deciduous tree, its long declining branches and droop- 

 ing spray, are well calculated to give variety to the landscape, and 

 we are happy to see, that both this and our two American species, 

 P. mierocarpa and P. p^ndula, are becoming more generally objects 

 of attention and cultivation. 



Among the interesting trees of more recent introduction, and 

 which are yet rare in this country, we may mention Salisburia adi- 

 antifolia, the Japanese maiden-hair tree. The foliage is strikingly 

 singular and beautiful, resembling that well known fern, Adiantum 

 pedatum, and the tree appears to be very hardy. The purple 

 beech, a variety of Fagus sylvatica, is a very unique object, with its 

 strangely colored leaves, and a splendid tree lately introduced from 

 the banks of the Missouri and Arkansas, is the Osage orange (Ma- 

 dura aurantiaca). Its vivid green leaves and rapid growth are 

 already known to us ; but it is described to us as being a tree, in 

 its native soil, of thirty or forty feet in height, and bearing abun- 

 dance of beautiful fruit, of the size and appearance of an orange. 

 The weeping ash is also a very unique and desirable object, and its 

 long, seemingly inverted shoots may be introduced in some situa- 

 tions with an excellent effect. 



We have often regretted that, in decorating the grounds of 

 country residences, so little attention is paid by the proprietors, to 

 hardy evergreen trees. Ornamental at any season, they are eminently 

 so in winter a period, in this latitude, when every other portion of 

 vegetable matter yields to the severity of our northern climate, and 

 when those retaining their coats of verdure uninjured are beautiful 

 and cheerful memorials of the unceasing vitality of the vegetable 

 world. Deciduous trees at this season present but a bleak and deso- 

 late aspect a few evergreens, therefore, interspersed singly over the 

 lawn, or tastefully disposed in a few groups, so as to be seen from 

 the windows of the mansion, will give a pleasing liveliness to the 

 scene, which cannot fail to charm every person. We would earn- 

 estly advise every person engaged in ornamental planting, to transfer 

 some of our fine native evergreen trees to their lawn, park, or terrace. 

 We are aware that many think that there is great difficulty in trans- 

 planting them with success, but experiance has taught us that, with 



