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two remaining varieties of the genus, and we think, are likely 

 to prove as hardy as the preceding ones. 



Chamcecyparis. The White Cedae. 

 ChartKBcyparis sphceroida variegaia — sometimes called both 

 Thuja and Cupresms variegaia — is, beyond doubt, we think, a 

 beautiful golden variety of the White cedar, great use of which 

 is made in England, combined with the Golden and Silver 

 yews, and the Golden and Variegated arbor vitse. We have 

 had it out but one winter, but we see no reason why it should 

 not prove hardy. 



Gryptomeria. The Japan Oedae. 



Cryptomeria. — (The Japan cedar) ; from Kruptos, hidden, 

 and Meris, a part. 



0. Japonica. — This exquisite tree, deservedly called the 

 " Queen of Evergreens," is a native of China, growing sixty 

 to one hundred feet high. It was discovered in 1784, by Pro- 

 fessor Thunbergh, and only introduced into England by Mr. 

 Fortune, in 1844, where it succeeds perfectly well and is 

 the, or certainly one of the most charming of the newer ever- 

 greens. With us, in the Southern States, it succeeds admirably ; 

 but farther north it is apt to suffer from our severe winters. 

 At Wodenethe we have little trouble in growing it in a wood, 

 and we have one specimen, which we are in the habit of starv- 

 ing in very poor soil, and on a side hill quite exposed to the 

 strong west winds, which has been out five years and does not 

 even brown. This tree has a worse habit than the Deodar, of 

 growing late into the autumn. Where this can be partially pre- 

 vented, by thin, light soil, especially with some shade from a 

 wood or buildings, we believe, as far north as Fishkill, it can 

 be grown, though, perhaps, never to develop its full and grace- 

 ful beauties. Near Philadelphia, at Chestnut Hill, it sometimes 

 suffers, though last winter not at all ; and at Laurel Hill it has 

 stood for several severe winters, without injury, under the shade 

 of other trees. At Newport, it is tolerably hardy, there being 

 specimens ten feet high. Near Boston, the roots keep alive, 

 but no progress is made in the tree. At Washington, there is 

 a specimen in La Fayette Square, planted by Mr. Downing 

 in 1852, and never protected, which has reached fourteen 



