February , 1859. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Fig. 3—Fountain Pine—or Wide-spreading Mexi 
can Pine (Pinus patulu )—Higlit about 5 feet. 
dens or orchards, it is preferable to the elm or 
almost any other tree, as its roots do not expand 
much, or exhaust the soil. On the roadside and 
public walks, it is, in Europe, a most common 
tree, and we doubt whether any other has so 
many pleasant associations connected with it in 
the minds of the people. Around the 
dwellings of rich and poor it sheds the 
sweet fragrance of its blossoms, and al 
most every neighborhood has its renowned 
Old Linden, under whose spreadingbranch- 
es the young and the old, have convened 
for centuries past; and even kings, 
throughout successive generations,have de 
lighted to honor the aged Linden by build¬ 
ing inscribed pillars and monuments to 
support its huge branches. From its blos¬ 
soms bees make that best of all honey, so 
valuable that it is used exclusively for me¬ 
dicinal purposes. Its wood, being soft, 
even, and white, is much used in the arts ; 
its bark furnishes the bast (bass) of which 
the Russian matting is made, and even 
shoes and rude clothing are manufactured 
from it by the peasantry. Sugar is some¬ 
times made from the sap—indeed, so many 
are the sources of value to the people that 
it is no wonder it is so loved and revered 
by them. 
The American Linden (basswood) is also 
a valuable tree, but of coarse foliage and 
robust growth, and is inferior to the Euro¬ 
pean variety in symmetry and grace. 
Fig. 2 is the Magnolia, of the variety 
called Macrophylla, or large-leaved. This 
is the portrait of a tree growing in that 
charming place “ Laurel Hill Cemetery,” 
near Philadelphia. It is about 39 feet high, and 
has been planted 20 years. In its native woods of 
Georgia and the Carolinas, it does not usually 
grow more than 50 or 60 feet in high*.. Its 
large glossy leaves clustering around the snow 
white blossoms or scarlet fruit, make it a 
very desirable tree, although it is some¬ 
times killed by our severe Winters in the 
latitude of New-York. In this Cemetery 
are several specimens in perfect thrift, and 
the visitor will find here a large collection 
of rare trees, evincing the care and good 
taste of its founder, Mr. John Jay Smith. 
The secret of the success of Mr. Smith 
and others, in raising this and similat 
semi-hardy trees, is probably owing to 
their planting them where they are sur¬ 
rounded and protected by other large trees 
of a more hardy character. 
Fig. 3, is the Wide Spreading Mexican 
Pine (Pinus patula). This and the two 
succeeding evergreens are portraits ot 
trees growing on the grounds of Mr. H. W. 
Sargent. They are but little known in this 
part of the country, and their value for 
general cultivation is being tested by Mr. 
S, with that disinterested enthusiasm 
which has prompted him to devote his am¬ 
ple means and leisure to the collection and 
cultivation of rare plants. “ Wodenethe," 
his residence, has therefore become justly- 
noted for its rare trees, and is, perhaps, for 
its size, the most perfectly kept and taste¬ 
fully embellished place in this country. 
This tree may not be entirely hardy in 
northern latitudes, yet it may be every 
where used as a Summer embellishment 
to the grounds, by keeping it in a tub or 
pot plunged in the earth and removed to a 
shelter in the Winter. For a further description 
we quote Mr. Sargent’s words : Of all the pines 
which I have ever seen, this is beyond measure 
the most graceful and charming—not only in its 
growth and habit, a representation of which is 
given in the annexed plate, but in the softness and 
color of its leaves. It resembles a beautiful, 
delicate green fountain of glass, and has a parti- 
color like that of silk which catches the sun like 
a Kaleidoscope. The leaves resemble the silk 
of mr ize, (Indian corn), being similarlv soft and 
Fig. 5 —Weeping Juniper, (Juniperus pcndula.) 
Higlit 6 feet. 
delicate, and not. unlike it in color. 
Although found in the colder regions of Mexico 
on the Real del Monte mountains, it has not the 
appearance of being hardy, and I have not yet 
attempted to acclimatize it, having but two plants 
which are quite beautiful enough for pot culture 
to satisfy anybody. It would unquestion¬ 
ably grow at the South. I have no re¬ 
ports about it and know but one other 
specimen in the country which is at '*Wel- 
lerly ” near Boston, grown like mine in a 
pot. 
Fig. 4. The Yew Leaved Torreya.— 
(Torreya \axifolia) This is one of the 
beautiful family of evergreens named in 
honor of our distinguished botanist T> 
Torrey, and we again quote from Mr. Sar¬ 
gent’s description : “ This is one of our 
greatest accessions in the middie States— 
being now perfectly hardy with us. It is a 
handsome pyramidal tree with numerous 
spreading branches—growing from 40 to 50 
feet high—found in the middle and north¬ 
ern parts of Florida, where it is commonly 
known by the inhabitants as Stinking Ce¬ 
dar and Wild Nutmeg. My best specimen 
is about 10 feet high—very dense—show¬ 
ing nothing but foliage like a dense arbor 
vitas and remarkable, particularly in the 
Winter, for the star like appearance of the 
extreme tip of its young shoots. I have 
reports of this tree from Elizabethtown, 
N. J., Dobbs Ferry, Yorkville, Flushing, 
and Newport, in all of which places it suc¬ 
ceeds well; considered hardy except in 
Newport where it is reported tender.” 
Fig. 5. The Weeping Juniper (Juniptrus 
pendula), is a peculiarly beautiful little tree ; its 
form and attitude being a mimicry of a large tree 
so that one may almost imagine he is looking at 
a tree of fifty feet if he would only exclude sur¬ 
rounding objects from the view, while indeed it 
Fig. 4— Yew-leaved Torreya, (Torreya taxifolia )—Hight 10 ft 
