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where the sweeter Cherries and the Peach tree flourish, the win- 

 .ters are so open, that oftentimes the Strawberry and Easpherry 

 crops suffer severely, and many herbaceous plants are unable to 

 endure the winter without protection. But where the winters 

 are too cold to admit of the cultivation of these trees, there the 

 winter snows completely protect the canes of the most tender 

 Easpberries, and without any care from the cultivator, the smaU. 

 fruits and herbaceous plants and dwarfer shrubs pass the winter 

 in safety. By taking advantage of all these varying peculiarities, 

 each may grow those fruits which are most readily produced in 

 his own locality, supplying his table during the summer and 

 autumn, at least with the smaller fruits, from his own garden, 

 whUe he obtains his winter stores from those regions where the 

 long-keeping fruits are more easily grown. 



HAEDY EVEEGEEENS. 



The following list of hai'dy Evergreens may be useful, as a 

 guide to those who desire to plant these trees, either for ornament 

 or shelter. The brief description given of each will convey some 

 idea of the peculiar character of the tree, and of its adaptation to 

 particular purposes. The Canadian has need, if any one, to plant 

 these, not only for the sake of ornamenting the grounds about his 

 buildings, but for the shelter from the chilly blasts of winter, 

 which they afford. From this list, he will be able to make a 

 selection which he can plant with confidence that they will thrive 

 in OUT climate. They should be transplanted in the spring. 



Amebioan Aebor Vit^. — Thuja Ocddentalis — This is a 

 very common native tree, abounding in moist situations, through- 

 out the Dominion. It is frequently called White Cedar, and in 

 this way is confounded with a very different tree, the Cupressus 

 tlujoides, which is the true White Cedar. It is exceedingly 

 hardy, of very rapid growth, attaining a height of from twenty- 

 five to fifty feet, and as it bears clipping well, is one of our most 

 useful trees for making evergreen screens. and hedges. 



