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will be a powerful rival to our J. Virginiana, J. recurva or pendula, as a 

 large stock of it showed, was as hardy as the rest. There was here also 

 another species or variety of Juniperus which I had not met with before, 

 which Mr. M. informed me he received under the name of J. ericoides. It 

 is a very distinct looking kind, very much like young Cupressus funebris — 

 a fine specimen of the latter was growing in a pot, and which I understood 

 was destined to stand the ordeal of the next winter. There was, in a very 

 exposed situation, a fine specimen of Abies morinda, perhaps more proper- 

 ly A. Smithiana. The difference between this specimen, and the A. excelsa 

 or Norway Spruce, was very striking. The new family embraced numer- 

 ous representatives of all nations, English, Irish, and American, besides a 

 a good stock of that "dear little thing," lady like speaking, the T. adpres- 

 «a, also proven hardy. The Silver Fir (Picea pectenata) seemed perfectly 

 "at home," thinking it easy work to throw out eighteen inches of a leader 

 in one season — when young it frequently loses its leading bud in the 

 winter, but it gets better of this misfortune as it grows. In a large pot I 

 observed a fine specimen of another Picea — Webbiana, which I believe has 

 not proved perfectly hardy— Libocedrus chiloensis, and many other of the 

 newer kinds were also here in the same dubious company. The regularity 

 and cleanliness of the evergreens and their great variety allured too much 

 of my attention, and I had but a few moments left to run over the collec- 

 tion of deciduous trees and shrubs. A fine stock of Popuhis angulatus, 

 the cotton wood of the Mississippi, struck as "just in time," as I am satis- 

 fied this tree is destined to become very popular as a shade tree for towns. 

 Its rapid growth, large leaves and spreading head, its cleanly habits, easi- 

 ness of removal and propagation, suggest it as the successor of the Allan- 

 thus, and similar things that have been " tried in the balance and found 

 wanting." The cottony down which it throws out while perfecting its fruit, 

 will be thought objectionable, but it is a valuable property when compared 

 with the stench of an Ailanthus in flower. I may remark in passing, that 

 the Linden, both European and American, seem much more prosperous in 

 West Chester than in Philadelphia, and are in reality, an ornament to the 

 place. The sugar maple is also very common, and has a beautiful appear- 

 ance ; not perhaps so spreading in its growth as the Silver, but not so lia- 

 ble to be broken by high winds. I saw several Silver maples completely 

 " wind broken." The subject of shade trees for towns has become one of 

 the "great questions" of the day, which may serve as my excuse for drag- 

 ging it in as a finale to my few notes of the highly interesting ground of 

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