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that he has found the additional newer varieties entirely 

 hardy in that locality : C. S. Sargent, F. L. Olmstead, F. 

 L. Ames, Mrs. C. S. Sargent, Mrs. R. G. Shaw, Mrs. 

 N. S. Hunnewell, Mrs. Arthur Hunnewell, Mrs. Charles 

 Thorald, Mrs. J. P. Lade, Mrs. Simpson, Lady Grey 

 Egerton, Countess Normantown, Princess Mary of Cam- 

 bridge, maximum wellesianum ; and that several others 

 give promise of becoming valuable acquisitions, but need 

 further testing. For the practical grower these are not 

 named as superior to many other sorts, but as merely in- 

 dicating the wide range from which selections may be 

 made. 



CORYLUS— Hazelnut Tree. 



IN the public mind both the corylus and the hamamelis, 

 in their several species and varieties, are classed as 

 witch-hazels, and spoken of accordingly. But, 

 though having some things in common, botanically con- 

 sidered they are wide apart, and should not bear the same 

 name. Like Ham,amelis virginica, the American hazel- 

 nut, Corylus americana, is a native of the western conti- 

 nent, and a shrub of value for planting in masses for 

 screens along water-courses or in other moist localities. 

 The common species constitutes a familiar object through- 

 out a large portion of the country, especially in the North- 

 ern States. It is sometimes planted for its fruit, but not 

 often, though it might possibly serve a good purpose in 

 that line. The European hazelnut is scarcely an improve- 

 ment on the native plant, except that it it has given us two 

 varieties, each of which has a distinct value. One of these 



