November g, 1892.] 



Garden and Forest. 



533 



between the layers of the leaf. Then, when its growth is at- 

 tained, it carefully eats away an oval portion of the leaf, which 

 encloses its small self and takes no further care. Putf comes 

 a waft of wind and down it tumbles, to await the next chapter 



here in the most favorable season ; this year only one out of 

 three planted in the spring is alive. Silver Firs suffer much, 

 and some of them are too far gone to be saved when the skies 

 relent. English Yews have died outright of pining for the 



Fig. go. — Dendrobium chrysotoxum. — See page 534. 



in the story. I have counted as many as five of these oval 

 perforations in one leaf. 



Our young conifers continue to dry and brown before our 

 eyes — a discouraging sight. Hemlocks are hard to establish 



moist soil and frequent rains of their native land. It is a 

 clear case of nostalgia. But the Deodar or Indian Cedars and 

 our one tiny Cedar of Lebanon are as fresh as when planted 

 in the spring, and a Japanese Cryptomeria has taken firm hold 



