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10. Pine, Wliitc ov V(cymouth, Pinus strolju.'i ; California, 

 Pinus Berdhamana ; Grand Pacific, Pmi(5 Lambertiana, often 

 grows two huncb-cd feet high ; Long-leaved, Pinus larico ; Nut, 

 Pinus cemhra, growing only fifteen to twenty feet, having a 

 largo cone with edible seeds. 



There are many other varieties of Pines, several of them new 

 and very beautiful. 



11. Spruce, Hemlock (common Hemlock), Abies Canaden- 

 sis ; Norway, Abies excelsa. Among the noblest of evergreen 

 trees. The former, when tasseled with its young spring growth, 

 is peculiarly beautiful. 



12. Japan Dogwood, Euonymus japonicus. Pretty, but 

 tender at the North. Increased by offshoots, layers, or cuttings. 



13. Laurel, Kahnia latifolia. The beautiful wild Lam-cl 

 of our woods, which, as it disappears Iseforc cultivation, should 

 be transferred to the lawn and garden. Its unfading green- 

 ness, and the composition of its blossom-tuft liy the union of an 

 indefinite number of star-like flower-buds, each perfect in itself, 

 render it hj no means an inappropriate floral emblem of our 

 national L^nion. Increased by layers or seeds. 



14. Rose Bay, Catawba Rose Bay, Rliododendron Cataic- 

 biense ; Great Laurel or Larger Rose Bay, Rhododendrrm 

 maximum. Fine flowering wild swamp shrRl)s, requiring, 

 when cultivated, some shade and moistm-o. The first, which is 

 the finest of its trilje, may need a little winter protection in 

 certain localities. They thrive in leaf mould, or peat, or sweet- 

 ened swamp muck. Increased by layers, and sometimes hy 

 seeds. 



shade and ornamental trees. 



TWENTr-FOUR KINDS. 



Almost all our shade and ornamental trees, as well as shru1« 

 and evergreens, may be raised from seed Ijy those who have jia- 

 tience to wait for their growth. 



If possible, the drying and storing of their seeds should be 

 avoided. All those which arc natm-ally shed in the fiill, as 

 chestnuts, acorns, maple and ash " keys," &c., should either bo 

 sown in the fall, or mixed with cartli and Inu-ied out of doors 



