Lupram.—Cultivation and Acclimatization of Trees, fe. 287 
steps, which are so necessary, will involve some expense, but in the end it 
will be found the cheapest plan; for if the cheaper mode of planting is 
adopted, and holes dug in a piece of ground in which trees are planted, they 
often perish, and generally grow very sickly, in consequence of the water 
from the land around them draining into these holes, so that in the end the 
expense must be incurred to insure their growth. I have found even in 
this alluvial soil, where the natural drainage is very good, that I have lost 
plants from the want of drainage. To those interested in the planting of 
coniferous trees I would recommend a little book called * Practical Hints on 
planting Ornamental Trees," by Standish and Noble, priee five shillings, 
published by Bradbury and Evans, London. It contains much valuable 
information to an amateur gardener. 
CONIFERE. 
Araucaria excelsa; Norfolk Island tender. 
5 inghamii Moreton Bay » 
» bidwillii Wide Bay » 
b cookii New Caledonia js 
es im hili hardy. 
braziliensis Brazil 
The above are all very handsome trees, and well adapted for specimen 
plants. I have marked the first four as tender, which they are when young, 
being liable to have their leaders nipped by frost, but with care they may 
be grown out of doors in many places, particularly if they are covered 
during winter and spring with a slight covering overhead, until such time 
as the plants get established. I have tried many plans for proteeting plants 
from frost without rendering them too delicate; at last I hit on a plan, 
which I will describe hereafter. To have these trees in great beauty when 
they get large, they must have plenty of growing room. 
Biota meldensis Japan hardy. 
Handsome when young, but liable to become dingy as it grows up. 
Cedrus deodara Himalaya Mountains hardy. 
This well-known handsome cedar is well suited to this elimate; to have 
` it in its beauty it requires plenty of room; as a specimen plant on a lawn it 
is very beautiful; seedlings appear to form a better tree than those grown 
from cuttings or layers. 
Cryptomeria japonica China hardy. 
lobbii 
Both very handsome as specimen plants by themselves when young, 
grow very quickly, but unfortunately become very strageling and dingy as 
they attain any size. They produce plenty of seed, so that young plants are 
easily proeured. 
Cunninghamia sinensis _ South China hardy. 
