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more liardy species are being tried in the Arboretum at the Ontario 

 School of Agriculture, Guelph, but a few years must elapse before any . 

 report upon their ability to endure the climate can be raiade. The same 

 remarks may also be made concerning the Cypress, both deciduous 

 and weeping. The hardiness of the new evergreens mentioned bv Mr* 

 Hoopes is not yet established in our climate. The Balsam Fir, Nor- 

 way Spruce, Austrian, Scotch and White Pines have been fully proven^, 

 and can be relied upon everywhere. The beautiful Lawson Cypress 

 is not hardy enough for the climate of the County of Lincoln, but w© 

 may hope that the Nootka Sound Cypress, C. I{utha£7isis, will prove 

 hardy. But the greater part of the plants named by him are hardy, 

 and where they are not, there are species of the same genus in almost 

 every case, well suited to our climate. With a little attention to the 

 subject, as suggested by Mr. Hoopes, the autumn tints might be made 

 a most pleasing feature of our lawns. Will not our readers plant a 

 group or two of these trees and shrubs in their lawns, and show their 

 neighbors what a beautiful autumn picture can b6 made. Mr. Hoopes 

 says : — 



I invariably commence with a stereotyped phrase, " Don't plant 

 large trees in small yards." One of the greatest of all errors, and one 

 that is indulged in by so many of our planters in their horticultural 

 infancy, is that of setting out a first-class tree in a second-class yard. 

 Scarcely a town lot or cemetry enclosure is laid out but this mistake 

 is made, although .ignorance in nearly every instance is the excuse, 

 and justly so, too. Taking, for instance the laborer's cottage, with its 

 few square feet of grass in front, — and, by the way, what is more 

 attractive tliau a well kept sod ? — in the place of a Norway spruce or 

 Austrian pine, I would suggest what is termed a dwarf evergreen — one 

 of the smaller forms of arbor vitce, now becoming so popular, or a 

 juniper, with its variety of outline, or perhaps a form of the newer 

 genus Retinispora. If the front should have a northern aspect, the 

 best plant for this- purpose is either some handsomely variegated 

 variety of Aucvha or Euonymus Japonica. The newer introductions 

 of these are exceedingly attractive, and a group composed of distinct 

 kinds forms an agreeable feature. To those whose taste for flowers is 

 predominant, I would recommend a circular bed of roses, not planted 

 promiscuously, but in lines or ribbons, each circle a distinct color, all 

 trimmed low, and consequently well branclied. If the entire bed 



