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A GROUP OF EVERGREENS. 
Our illustration represents a group of evergreens 
planted at a point where several roads meet, in VVissa- 
hickon Park, Philadelphia. This park is planted 
mainlv, as this illustration shows, at points like this, 
and along its boundaries. The paths are lined with 
trees and shrubs, and the different sorts of these are 
often in groups, a half dozen 
or more of one species to- 
gether. In the group photo- 
graphed there is a diversity 
of kinds, almost every one be- 
ing different from another, as 
will be seen looking at those 
represented. The first large 
tree on the right, around the 
curve, is the Douglas Spruce, 
Abies Douglasii. The next 
to it, almost the front of the 
whole, is the Oriental Spruce, 
Picea Orientalis. Following 
the line the next is Engelmann 
Spruce, Picea Engelmanni, 
but it is a poor specimen. 
Next to it is a thrifty speci- 
men of the Noulmann Fir, 
Abies Noulmanniana. Then 
comes our native spruce, the 
Hemlock, Tsuga Canadensis. 
In the center of the group are 
to be seen the native White Pine, Pinus Strobus, 
overtopping the rest, appearing in view well above 
them. On each side of the flagpole are two of the 
American Elm, Ulmus Americana, just coming into 
leaf, it being early spring. Near these, but not visible, 
is a fine Austrian pine, Pinus Austriaca ; also a very 
nice specimen of the Norway Spruce, Abies Excelsa, 
as still called by the older botanists, but Picea by the 
later ones. And near by is the Lawson Cypress, 
Cupressus Lawsoniana ; and in the group of decidu- 
ous trees near, and in flower at the time the photo- 
graph was taken, a very good specimen of the Labur- 
num, Cytisus Laburnum. 
To refer to some of these trees again, let it be said 
that at about the age and size this one is, but few ever- 
greens are as handsome as is the Douglas Spruce. The 
C9lorado one is entirely hardy in Pennsylvania ; in- 
deed, practically all through the North, as are all the 
Colorado evergreens. 
The Oriental Spruce is as hardy as a rock. Its fine 
growth, compact habit, and loftiness, which it has 
when full grown, make it a great favorite. It is always 
compact, without the. use of a knife. 
Another nice evergreen is the Engelmann Spruce, a 
Colorado subject. It makes a compact growth, and 
its bluish foliage is a great attraction. Nordmann Lir 
is known everywhere because of its hardy char- 
acter and rich, dark foliage. In this state, no 
matter what the winter has been, it is in just 
as good condition when winter ends as it was 
when it commenced ; so it well deserves the fame 
it has as one of the very best of evergreens. Lor 
gracefulness of growth can anything approach the 
hemlock spruce in merit? I do not think there is 
another anywhere nearly as good. In whatever situa- 
tion it is placed, either as a single specimen or in 
groups or in hedge, it can be relied on. In June, when 
its new growth weights its branches downwards, it is 
the prettiest of all evergreens on a lawn. The white pine 
is a useful tree. Let alone, it is not a bushy tree, 
but prune it several times and it becomes so bushy 
that a bird can hardly get through it. 
Joseph ]\Ieeh.-\n. 
CHEROKEE ROSES IN ALABAMA. 
Perhaps no one of the many floral glories of a 
southern spring appeals more strongly to the eyes or 
to the imagination of the northerner, especially to one 
who sees them for the first time, than do the Cherokee 
roses. An indistinctly recalled description of them by 
the late Constance Fennimore Woolson in one of her 
stories having a partly southern setting, gives the 
most poetic and the most adequate suggestion of the 
attractions of this naturalized floral alien that I have 
read, but the details are too shadowy for reproduc- 
tion. Words alone, indeed, are insufficient for pic- 
turing to the mind’s eye of one who is unfamiliar with 
it the appearance of this, the so-called wild rose of 
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