w 



tree 25 feet in 

 a, a fine tree, 

 ter of three feet 



, bearing large 

 , which we saw 



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lem very attrac- 

 received them 

 then procured 



re quite hardy." 

 his experience 



ikau, was much 

 e lustre which 

 Jea of Proskau, 



Europaa grow- 

 /er in nursery, 



the branches 

 e Ural Moun- 



is a very fine 

 le long. The 



sharply conic 

 s about 30 feet 

 rg we see it in 

 ngside of it is 



Dahurica, of equal size and age, but different in this way, that at 

 a certain height Dahurica usually forms two or more trunks ; it is 

 just as ornamental, but on this account not equal {is a timber tree. 

 In the far North, on the border of the tundra, Dahurica is a small 

 stunted tree. Many years ago the Duke of Athol had imported 

 Larch seed from the forests to the South of Archangel. This 

 proved inferior in growth and in quality of wood, and led us to 

 • suppose that there was no larch in the Russian forest equal to 

 Europoea, which is that of Central Europe. The Duke of Athol's 

 seed, too, may have been obtained from stunted specimens on the 

 Northern limit of its growth. 



The L. Koempheri of Japan, Mr. Wagner, of Riga, says is not 

 hardy at Berlin. 



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MAGNOLIA. 



Mr. Maximowi'ch tells me that the Hypoleuca, if the seed be 

 procured from Hakodati, on the Island of Yezo, might be worth 

 trying in rather severe climates. It becomes a large tree, and, I 

 think, has a large blossom. The M. Kobus is less beautiful, but 

 probably still hardier. , , 



. MORUS-Mulberry. ,. 



'. We made many inquiries about the Russian Mulberry but 

 could hear nothing of it in the colder climates. At Voronesh, in 

 the Potanic Gardens, we Sc. / a variety in leaf much like it, though 

 there not valued. In Odessa there are large Mulberry trees, we 

 are told, and in the Botanic Garden in Vienna, we saw not only 

 large trees of A/da, but a specimen of Tartarica, 14 inches in 

 diameter of trunk and 25 feet high. The Russian Mulberry, 

 however, as known in the States, is on extensive trial in the cold 

 climate of Cottonwood County, Minnesota. It has been visited 

 by Horticulturists, and we shall soon have opinions upon its pro- 

 bable value. . ■'' 

 Mr. Maximowitch suggests that we should try the Mongolian 

 Mulberry, if we can manage to get it. 



