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the following precautions, no more difficulty is found tlian witli deci- 

 duous trees. In transplanting, chooso tlie spring of the year, at the 

 time the buds me swelling : cut as few of the roots as possible, and 

 do not staffer them to become dry before you replace them in the soil. 

 Among our most Ornamental evergreen trees may be mentioned the 

 different species of pine, natives of North America. Several of them 

 are fine stately trees, a,nd one which is particularly ornamental as a 

 park tree, is the white or Weymoulfli pine, PInus strobus. Plnu^ 

 rigida, when old and l^rge, is a very picturesque tree ; and Pinus 

 alba, rubra et fraseri, the white, red, and double spruce firs, are trees 

 of moderate size, very generally difiused in the middle States, and 

 easily obtained. The well known balsam fir, Pinus balsamea, is such 

 a beautiful evergreen, and succeeds so well in this climate, that it 

 should find a place in the smallest plantations. We have observed 

 it thriving well even in confined spaces in cities. Thuja ocddentalis, 

 the arborvitae, is a very interesting tree, and, as well a^ the exotic 

 T. orientalis, will be considered very ornamental in .districts where 

 it is not common. 



Among the most ornamental foreign coniferous trees we will no- 

 tice the'Norway spruce, the dropping branches of which, in a large 

 specimen, are so highly admired ; the well known Scotch fir, the 

 finest timber ti-ee of Europe, celebrated for growing on thin soils ; 

 and the beautiful silver fir, Pinus^ picea ; all of them are' noble 

 trees, and as they can be readily procured at the nurseries, should 

 be found in the grounds of every country residence. 



Several other species of this genus which are thought the most 

 beautiful trees of Europe, unfortunately are yet scarce in this country. 

 The stone pine, whose seeds. are a delicious fruit, and whose " vast 

 canopy, supported on a naked column of immense height, forms 

 one of the chief and peculiar beauties in Italian scenery and in the 

 living landscapes of Claude," and the not less interesting Pinus Pi- 

 naster and P. C6mbra of the mountains of Switzerland. But the 

 most desirable evergreen tree which flourishes in temperate climates, 

 is the classic cedar of Lebanon, Pinus cedrus. Its singular ramose 

 branches and wild picturesque appearance in a large specimen, give 

 a more majestic and decided character to a fine building and its 

 adjacent scenery, than any other tree whatever. It is a native of 



