LiJDLAM. — Cultivation and Acclimatization of Trees, ^c. 



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Juniperus mrginiana 

 „ striata 

 „ rufescens 



Soutli of Europe 

 Ireland 



hardy 



Tlie junipers liave many beautiful varieties among them, and are well 

 adapted for planting in front of shrubberies, care being taken that they are 

 not too mucj^Q£QjrjlQd.^ ,Tlie best, so far as I can judge from mine, are 

 sahina, eracovia, and hihernica, being close-growing shrubs ; lenmuUana and 

 virginiana, if they flouris^fij ^y be useful as timber trees. 



Lihoceclriis cJiilensis Cliili hardy. 



This is a very beautiful plant, in growth very much like a cypress, but 

 closer, with slightly variegated foliage. 



hardy. 







PINE TEIBE. 



Abies alba 



Canada 



„ doiiglasii 



California 





, excelsa 



Norway 





, smithiana 



Himalaya Mountains 





, cephalonica 



Cephalonia 





, nordmanniana 



Crimea 





, pinsapo 



Spain 





, picea 



Pyrenees 





, tvehhiana 



Himalaya Mountains 





, larix (larch) 



Tyrol 



This section of the pine tribe containing the firs, among which are some 

 of the silver firs, appears to thrive well in this country ; judging from the 

 growth of those I have, they are well worth the trouble of growing, and in 

 spite of their slowness of growth for the first few years, they will, if proper 

 room is allowed them, amply repay the trouble. In spring, their young 

 luxuriant growth is very striking, particularly the Himalaya Mountain 

 varieties, which at home are liable to be cut back by spring frosts ; here 

 they have proved quite hardy. The larch, perhaps the most interesting and 

 useful of the class, does not appear to me to thrive so well as one hojoed for. 

 I have a few doing pretty well, but I observe, as they increase in size, they 

 lose their leaders and die back. I much fear the warm autumns of this 

 country will be against them, inducing as it does a second growth, thus 

 robbing the tree of its rest. I think the alluvial soil is perhaps too rich ; 

 maybe it will thrive better in more exposed positions. 



Firms austriaca Austria hardy. 



„ pinaster Europe 



,, lialepensis Syria 



pinea 



Mediterranean 



sylvestris 



Scotland 



benthamiana 



California 



insignis 



„ 



saliniana 



„ 



liart'wegii 



Mexico 



llaveana 



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