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villages of that thriving section of our country. Many fine spe* 
cimens exist on the college square in New Haven; and at Hart- 
ford are trees of surpassing grandeur. “ Penn’s treaty with the 
Indians” on the bank of the Delaware, was held under the shade 
of an Elm, which "but a few years since still lived.— -The his- 
torical society has erected a marble monument to commemorate 
the scite. 
The Elm is subject to the attack of insects, which greatly 
mars its beauty, and until some remedy is found, must retard its 
culture in this section. 
Virgilia lutea, or yelloio ivood . — This is a pretty American 
tree, but very little known, producing pendulous racemes of pa- 
pilionaceous flowers of snowy whiteness. Pine specimens exist 
at the Lanareth Nurseries, from seed collected by that indefati- 
gable botanist, the late Mr. Lyon, who first introduced it into 
Europe. It grows freely, but succeeds better on a light dry soil. 
CHAPTER V. 
HARDY EVERGREEN TREES. — This conspicuous and 
highly ornamental class of vegetables, deserves more particular 
notice, than the limited pages of this little book admits; a vo- 
lume of ample size might be occupied with them alone. We 
have done all that our scheme permitted, and described some of 
the more desirable ; it is hoped with sufficient accuracy to enable 
the uninformed to make collections suited to their wants, and the 
extent of their grounds. 
The Pine tribe admits of cultivation on nearly all land, though 
naturally they are found on rocky, gravelly and sandy soils; in a 
cultivated state, however, we may see them on all descriptions 
of land, from light sand to that of strong clay, proving them to 
be of an accommodating habit, and consequently adapted to orna- 
ment almost every spot where we may wish to plant. Where 
there is room for the larger growing kinds, nothing can be planted 
which will give so marked a character to a residence, especially 
in the winter, when they contrast more strongly with the denuded 
forest. To illustrate this, let the reader observe the effect pro- 
duced on the landscape, where the red cedar has been permitted 
to stand, either by the road side, or in single trees, scattered over 
the farm; a practice, by the by, which it is to be regretted, 
has not been more frequently allowed. 
If strict economy be a consideration with the proprietor of an 
estate, there are evergreen trees which may be obtained in many 
situations at the cost of labour only ; but where the expenditure 
