LuprAM.—Cultivation and Acclimatization of Trees, dc. 291 
Thuja any Japan hardy 
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hess à are vet worth growing, and, like the cypress, bora beautiful 
trees; Thuja craigiana has very bold foliage; Thuja aurea is a close-growing 
plant, and assumes a very pretty appearance in spring, when the plant is 
tipped with the young growth, of a roe colour. 
Thujopsis borealis hring Straits hardy. 
» dolabrata is apan » 
The former is a very graceful growing filet and well suited to stand 
singly ; the latter a new introduction, with peculiar foliage, like scale 
armour ; it has stood out two winters, and promises well. 
Wellingtonia gigantea California hardy. 
This tree, well known to every one by name, will no doubt prove a 
valuable addition to our gardens, from its hardiness and rapidity of growth. 
Mine are only small seedling plants, but, judging from larger plants I have 
seen, it struck me that it was not so graceful in its growth as many of the 
cypress, Thuja, and other coniferous plants. 
Widdringtonia cupressoides Cape of Good Hope hardy. 
A dwarf-growing plant, somewhat like the Wellingtonia in its foliage, 
but no particular acquisition to a collection of conifers. 
Having enumerated the different varieties of conifers growing here, I 
would make a few remarks as to their cultivation. In selecting plants I 
weuld recommend the purchaser to obtain those which have been trans- 
planted from the seedbed the first year in preference to those that have 
gained considerable height without being transplanted ; for I think it will be 
found that the latter, from having their tap roots destroyed in removing, are 
very liable to die off after a time, while those which have been transplanted, 
although smaller in size, have made fresh roots, and are pretty sure to succeed. 
In planting, care should be taken to spread each root separately, putting 
some in all directions, and, when so spread, they should be fixed in their places 
with pulverized earth before the hole is filled in. Many persons use stakes 
to tie the young plants to prevent their being blown aside. This plan I do 
not think a good one, but prefer going round, and if I find any blown on 
one side, I put some fresh earth on and tread the plant upright. I found 
that planting on hillocks, as adopted at home, does not answer well in this 
country: the soil becomes dried through, and the roots of the plants suffer. 
I prefer raising them only a little above the surrounding ground. Manure 
should not be used in planting any of the coniferous tribe. I have done so 
in ignorance ; it appears very poisonous to the roots. As to the future 
management of the plants little requires to be said, for if the land has been 
properly prepared they will soon take care of themselves. The only sugges- 
