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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
planting in all parts of the country. Abies Canadensis, the Hemlock spruce ; 
timber of fair quality, bark said to be useful fer tanning. A. Doufflasi, a very 
beautiful free-growing tree ; timber of good quality, very straight, and tree from 
knots. A. excclsa, the spruce tir ; timber light, elastic, and moderately resinous 
A. excelsa nigra, a dark-leaved form, producing timber of similar quality to the 
preceding. A. Menziesi, a tall-growing tree ; timber said to be of good quality. 
A. nigra, taW and rather slender; timber rather light, elastic, and strong. A. 
orientalis, a beautiful slender growing tree ; timber tough and of excellent quality. 
A. Pattoni, a splendid tree, of large growth ; timber bard, of fine grain, and of a 
reddish colour. Cedrus deodara, a fine timber tree in the Himalayas, but of little 
use as such in this country, larix Europcea, a tall quick-growing tree ; timber 
straight, elastic, and durable. L. microcarpd, a tall, slender-growing tree ; timber 
heavy and resinous. Picca Cephalonica, a tall tree, with large stem ; timber b.ard 
and durable. P. pectinata, the common silver fir ; a desirable tree, producing 
under favourable conditions timber of fair quality. P. pectinata Icioclada, a desir- 
able variety of the preceding. P. pindrow, a tall handsome tree ; timber of fair 
quality, but soon decays when exposed to the sun. P. Pinsapo, a very handsome 
tree ; timber similar to that of the silver fir. Pinus Austriaca, a tall tree, of robust 
growth ; timber strong and tough, and rather resinous. P. Eenthimiana, a noble 
tree, producing timber of excellent quality. P. cembra, a handsome tree ; timber 
soft, of fine grain, and resinous. P. cxcclsa, a robust tree of good appearance ; 
timber white, soft, and resinous. P. Hartwegi, a handsome tree, but requires a 
sheltered situation ; timber durable and of good quality. P. larieo, a robust tree ; 
timber coarse, but elastic and durable. P. Lambertiana, a vigorous tree when 
planted in pure sand ; timber white and soft, and of no special value. P. Palla- 
siana, tree of handsome pyramidal growth ; timber very knotty and resinous, but 
exceedingly durable. P. Pinaster, a useful plantation tree ; timber soft and not 
durable. P. pondcrosa, a tall robust tree ; timber heavy and of good quality. P. 
strobus, a tall tree, forming a conical bead ; timber white, light, and very easily 
■worked. P. strobus alba, a distinct variety, with silvery leaves; timber of the 
same quality as that of the preceding. P, sylvestris a tall free-gro'wing tree ; timber 
of most excellent quality, and durable. P. sylvestris argentea, a free-growing variety, 
with silvery grey leaves. All the above are well adapted for forming masses and 
plantations iu parks, and in prominent positions seen from the dwelling-house, and 
the timber is more or less valuable ; but the Larch, Scotch Fir, Spruce Fir, Finns 
Bcnthamiana, and Pinus Austriaca are the only kinds suitable for planting exten- 
sively for producing timber for commercial purposes. 
Dinner- Table Decorations — X. T. Z. — The subject shall have attention 
shortly. There is considerable difficulty in securing a supply of really good fiowers 
for the purpose without the aid of more glass than a cold irame. 
Hardy Garden Flowers. — S. E. — It is too late now to raise perennials for 
next year to have them strong ; hut hollyhocks, wall-flowers, antirrhinums, phloxes, 
silenes, arabis, alyssum, aquilegias, perennial poppies, perennial asters, aubrietias, 
daisies, perennial valerian, campanulas, centaurea, cistus, delphinium, dianthus, 
eschscholtzias, hardy gaillardias, perennial lupins, forget-me-nots, pentstemons, poten- 
tillas, saxiirages, veronicas, and violas may still be sown, and will have the best 
chance if in pots, and kept in frames all the winter. If sown in the open ground, 
a dry slope would be the best place ; and some seed should be saved to sow early 
next spriugj and the majority will bloom the same season. A better plan than 
buying seeds now would be to buy plants, and to plant them out where they are to 
flower next season. At any good nursery you will find heaps of useful things. 
For flowers to come between the spring bulbs and May-day there is a great need. 
The yellow alyssum and the purple aubrietia are two splendid things, and make a 
most beautiful contrast if in contiguous patches. Daisies and anemones are useful. 
Cowslips, primroses, and violets, especially the double sorts, are good early bloomers. 
Belgian daisies, kept ever winter in frames, and encouraged to bloom early, make a 
splendid show in April ; and many of the hardy species of scilla make beautiful 
patches of colour from March to May, to vary the effects of other hardy^ bulbs 
blooming at the same period. Early and late tulips, planted in patches in the 
borders, increase the glow of colour, and continue it till the season of summer 
fiowers. 
