Notes on Gardens and Nurseries. 549 



Only a few kinds were planted in 1849, and we take these 

 in order to show the relative growth for the longest period. 

 Thousands of others, set out since then, in well prepared 

 ground, have grown much faster, and in the same period of 

 time will be much larger specimens. 



All are very" broad, straight, and splendid specimens, par- 

 ticularly the Pinus excelsa, which is extremely fine. It is a 

 tree which will be a general favorite everywhere. The 

 Deodars have done finely : they have not had any protec- 

 tion, and they are remarkably bushy and fine trees. The 

 Cryptomeria japonica is doing well, and its hardiness is com- 

 pletely established in the latitude of 42°, after a severe trial 

 of four years, including the hard winter of 1851 and '52. 

 For the first and second years it should have a slight protec- 

 tion of evergreen boughs, or something similar, which will 

 merely keep off the sun ; and after that they go on without 

 any more care than the Deodara : the situation for it should, 

 however, be naturally dry, or, if not so, it should be well 

 drained. 



But, besides the evergreen trees, Mr, Fay has some beauti- 

 ful ornamental trees. A fine Canoe birch, (Betula lutea) one 

 foot high in 1849, is now twenty-five feet. Spanish chest- 

 nuts, planted in 1848, are now 12 feet high. Among a va- 

 riety of imported Hollies, Mr. Fay has found one which is 

 quite hardy : it is called the Hodgkins variety. There are 

 very beautiful specimens of the fastigiate oak, ( Q. fastigiata,) 

 Liquidamber, Norway Maple, Deciduous Cypress, (perfectly 

 hardy,) Weeping Oak, Eagle's-claw Maple, Striped Sycamore, 

 Purple Beech, &c. ; hundreds of fine English oaks, and 

 thousands of small American ones. Among a lot of imported 

 beech, Mr. Fay has one tree Avhich spreads out horizontally, 

 neither weeping nor upright, and is quite a picturesque object. 

 The Chestnut Oak, Mr. Fay has raised from seed, and the 



