MCNAB—PLANTING OF HARDY EVERGREENS. 347 
test of experiment the statements I have made, and abide by the 
decision of facts. If, after sufficient experience, I am found wrong, 
then reject as useless, or worse than useless, all which I have 
written. If the method I have recommended have a patient, careful, 
and candid trial, I entertain not the least fear that I shall be found 
wrong. Be assured that my confidence does not arise from theory ; 
the Royal B G at Edinburgh. I write ardently upon 
the subject, because I feel keenly upon it. I ad evergreens ; I 
am anxious to iffused in crowds over the country; an 
seeing my wishes in a great measure realise 
One word more, and I have done. There never was a time in 
which so much was supposed to be done for the scien of 
gardeners as at present; there never was a time in whic 
was expected from them; and there never was a time whe n their 
therefore, there never-was a time in which more exertion 
called for from a young man who has any ambition to rise in his 
profession 
I honestly confess that I shall be proud if I find that any oc arsitaee 
tations of mine shall have increased the cultivation of evergreens 
and I am ambitious to have it believed that the whole of these obser- 
vations have been dictated, as in truth they have been, by a wish to 
benefit, not to criticise, any of my brethren. 
A List oF pes EVERGREENS, a quantity of vlagr ss should always 
be kept in Pots in the Nurseries, and none of which should be 
ordered by Gardeners to be packed, a sent to a distance, 
unless they have keen kept in Pots. 
Arbutus Andrachne - -  - Oriental Strawberry tree. 
« hybrida - 5 Z “ Hybrid y? ” 
. nedy =. == - - Common A “5 
” »  crispa - - - Common curled-leaved Straw- 
erry tree. 
” » fl. pleno a - Common doubled-flowered 
erry tree. 
fl. rubro > - Common red-flowered tree. 
Aristotelia Macqui - + - Shining-leaved Arawtelin. 
cuba japonica - : - - Blotch-leaved Aucuba. 
us balearica - - - Minorca Box-tree 
Cupressus fusitanies - . - Cedar of Goa. 
