FEBRUARY. 
33 
the plants here make very long growths, and some in consequence are not 
so dense as could be desired. One specimen, growing in sandy soil on the 
highest part of the park, is a very promising plant; the branches are very 
dense, and the foliage very dark. There is a very great diversity of 
character among the lot. 
Abies Albertiana and canadensis. —There are several very promising plants 
of both. 
Abies Menziesii. —There is one good specimen of this very beautiful 
Spruce. It is growing in strong clay soil. There was even a better speci¬ 
men, growing also in strong clay soil, but it had to be removed a few years 
since in consequence of alterations in the place. 
Abies Morinda or Smithiana. —There are a few very promising young 
specimens of this Fir. They are very dense in habit and make free growth, 
especially the leading shoots. 
Cryptomeria japonica. —We had two specimens of this, which stood the 
winter of 1860-61 uninjured; but they grew so thin that we did not consider 
them sufficiently ornamental to retain them, and so we had them cut down. 
C. elegans promises better. 
Cupressus Lawsoniana. —There is a number of young plants from 3 to 
6 feet high, all growing very freely. 
Picea balsamea. —Several small trees planted a few years since. 
Picea cephalonica. —There are several very promising young specimens, 
the tallest being something over 13 feet high, and the same in diameter of 
branches. For its size, age, health, and vigour, this is really a superb 
young tree. It is screened from the morning sun by some tall trees grow¬ 
ing at a considerable distance from it; this prevents it from budding so 
early in the spring as it would do if exposed fully to the morning sun, and 
the late spring frosts, when they occur, are gone before the sun gets to it. 
Picea lasiocarpa (Parsonsii or Lowii).—This is one of the most beautiful 
of all Californian Firs. There are several young specimens growing very 
freely in a strong loamy soil. 
Picea nobilis, and nobilis robusta or magnifica .— We have a great number 
of thriving young plants growing in a deep loamy soil. 
Picea Nordmanniana. —There is a number of promising young specimens 
of this Fir; the tallest is 10 feet high, and would have been more, but, un¬ 
fortunately, it lost its leader last season, I believe through small birds 
perching on it; it (the lead), was of great length, very soft and brittle, 
and the slightest weight on its end would snap it off. We have also a great 
number of smaller plants. 
Picea Pinsapo. —Several very fine young specimens, all growing freely 
in strong loamy soil. 
Pinas austriaca .— Of this fine, free-growing Conifer we have a great num¬ 
ber of thriving young trees, growing in varieties of soils and situations. It 
seems to grow best in a strong loam with a clay subsoil. 
Pinas Benthamiana. —We have a few plants of this Pine; they grow 
freely, but so very thin and lanky that we do not think it very ornamental. 
Pinas Cernbra .— A few good plants. It grows but slowly. 
Pinas excelsa. —Several promising plants, which stood the frost of 1860 
uninjured. This is a magnificent Pine when fully grown. 
Pinas Lambertiana. —There was a good specimen of this here, which had 
to be removed in consequence of some alterations. 
Pinus pyrenaica. — There is one very promising plant of this very beauti¬ 
ful Pine here. 
