384 HABDY EVEBGEEENS. 



There are some very fine dwarf-growing varieties "which make 

 very pretty low hedges or bordering for walks, and are an excel- 

 lent substitute for the Dwarf Box. Those known as Booth's and 

 Parson's Dwarf Aibor Yitse, are among the best of this class. 



AiiEEiCAN Tew. — Taosus Baccata, var. Canadensis. — ^This also 

 is a native, and the only Tew that we know to be sufficiently 

 hardy to endure perfectly the severity of our chmate. It forms 

 a low spreading shrub, of about three feet in height, naturally 

 somewhat stragghng, but very patient iinder the knife, and can 

 be pruned iuto any desired form. The fohage is of a deep and 

 somewhat sombre green. The seed is surrounded by a pulpy, 

 cup-shaped disc, of a pretty coral-red color. It is sometimes 

 called Ground Hemlock. 



AusTEiAN Pine. — Pinus Aicstriaca. — ^This is one of the most 

 popular Pines for ornamental planting. Introduced from the 

 mountains of Austria, it seems to be quite at home in our Cana- 

 dian climate. It has a rough, shaggy appearance, is of rapid 

 growth, and valuable as a strong, hardy tree, that will produce a 

 speedy effect on the lawn, or be serviceable in breaking the force 

 of sweeping wiads. 



Balsam Fir. — Ahies Balsamea. — ^Another hardy native tree, 

 of a very regular conical outline, attaining a height of some 

 thirty feet or more. It is a beautiful tree when young, but as it 

 acquires age, the lower branches begin to decay, marring sadly 

 the beauty of its earlier years. 



Common Juniper. — Juuipems Communis. — Is common to 

 North Am erica, Europe, and Asia. It seldom rises above eight 

 ^r ten feet iu height, and makes a valuable variety for small 

 grounds. It is not suitable for hedges, for which it is sometimes 

 used, the branches frequently dying out, and destroying the 

 appearance of the hedge. It bears pruning weU, and may be 

 trimmed into a very neat and compact form. 



Eastern Spruce. — Abies Orientalis. — One of the most com- 

 pact growing evergreen trees, attaining a height of about seventy- 

 five feet, of a most beautiful and regularly conical form, branching 



