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fKtiUjred  ucconllriK  M  Act  of  CooKrcHH.  In  llio  your  18T<1,  by  lUo  Iturivl  l•ubll»Utn|^  t^otnpany.  In  tbo  olllco  of  tho  Librarian  of  ConKroHO  at  WaHhlnitton.i 
(not.  rthown  ill  thin  vimv)  thorn  iiro  Tiiany  liand- 
Hoino  oriuiiiK'ntal  troomif  viiriotiM  HizoH,  from  tho 
Htimll  Woopiii;;  Hircli  up  to  an  Aniorinan  Kim 
which  wo  rairtod  from  aix'd  in  1859,  and  it  iH  now 
hotwoon  thirty  and  forty  foot. 
Hpiioo  will  not  pormit  na  to  namo  a  tonth  of 
tho  niimhor  of  upceioH,  to  aay  nothing  of  tho 
variotioH  which  arc  growing  in  an  uroit  of  about 
two  acroH  dovotcd  to  lawn  and  ploaHiiro-gronnd, 
Wilt  wo  mnat  atop  at  a  largo  groniiof  dwarf  ovor- 
grooim  long  onongh  to  note  a  hodgo-liog  jnniper 
twenty  yoai'H  old,  that  in  Iohh  than  a  foot  high 
and  only  tmi  inchoit  in  diameter,  and  yot  it  in 
hoalthy  and  vigoroiiH  for  ono  of  ila  Kind.  'I'hiH 
in  ono  of  tho  littio  hoiniticM,  tho  chief  valno  of 
which  coiiHiHlH  in  itn  littlononn,  'I'hcro  aro  also 
l»warf  and  Weeping  HpriicoH,  I’Inoa  and  Ifom- 
looliH,  all  of  which  uro  Intcnmting  to  Dm  Htndont 
of  natnro,  Hhowing  him  tho  poHMiWilillcH  of  varia- 
tioiiH  among  plantH. 
THE  HEMLOCK  HEDGE. 
In  view  No.  !>!,  a  Ilomloek  liodgo  ia  hIiowu 
which  in  acurcedy  to  Wo  cxcollod  in  perfection  of 
foi'iii,  lioaiUi  or  vigor.  Itiathroo  Inindred  foot 
long,  tiv<i  feet  broad  at  tho  haHe  and  hIx  foot 
higli.  It  waa  ])lanted  eight  yeai'K  Hinec,  the  Hoil 
trenchcil  twi.)  feetdeyp  and  fniir  feet  wide,  well 
enrioiied,  and  Hinall  |ilaiitH  Iohh  than  a  foot  higli, 
Hot  in  tlio  contor  of  llio  prejiarod  Hpaeo.  Not  a 
in  a  dwarf  variety  known  an  tlio  (SIoWoho  Arhor- 
Vitii*  (^Tlmja  ifltiltoHti)u,uil  the  latter  our  common 
AriioriiMii  (77o//V{  oectdcn/n//.s).  Tliero  aro  alno 
in  Die  group  (lohlen  Variegated  Arhor-VitieH, 
.lapaneHo,  (.^hinoHe,  Dihorian  and  sovoial  other 
vai  ictieH  anil  HpeoicK,  boHides  trailing  .luniporH, 
YewH,  and  a  nniiiue  dwarf  variety  of  tho  com¬ 
mon  lleiiilook  Spruce. 
Tlie  horder  at  tlio  loft  in  llllod  witli  clioico 
liIndH  of  liardy  niirubH,  among  wliich  aro  Miujno- 
l.ijiti,  ,Shno7(’n.v,  A/’nonymn.s,  Wviiji'ltiH,  and  wliat 
we  claim  to  he  one  of  the  largeHt  KpecimonH  of 
that  rare  and  hiiantiful  ChinoHo  Khrnh,  /'..roc/to?'- 
iliii  ijmndljlora  to  Ijo  found  In  thin  country.  It 
iH  one  of  tho  lirHt  half  doy.on  imjiorted  into  thin 
country.  15nt  wo  nood  not  iiarticulari/.o  furtlior 
than  to  call  attention  U>  the  handHoine  H|ieeimou 
of  tliat  niuoh-neglooted  I, iqnidamhar  tree  plant¬ 
ed  ton  ycai'H  ago  and  now  thirty  or  tmiro  foot 
liigli,  and  a.H  liandHomo  a  tree  uh  one  weiild  wlsli 
to  Hoe.  VVe  will  remark,  in  pawHiiig,  that  both 
thLs  l.iiiiiidamhar  and  tho  boaiitirnl  Hpocimen  of 
Hemlock,  Htaiuling  alone  in  tho  center  of  the 
lawn,  were  dug  up  out  of  tlio  woodn,  whero  Home 
porsouH  think  really  handsomo  trooH  cannot  he 
obtained  or  moilu  to  grow  andtbiivu  after  traiiH- 
planting. 
VariouH  bedH  of  roHOH  and  ImnkH  of  HlinibH  ox- 
tund  around  Ibree  HideH  of  the  lawn  and  upon  it 
ing  very  briefly  what  hiiK  been  and  Ih  now  being 
done  from  which  our  reiidora  derive  a  henellt 
directly  or  indirectly.  Of  courHe,  wo  admit  the 
right  of  HiihHcrilierH  to  heaH  imiuiHilivo  in  regard 
to  the  practical  l■xperienoe,  capaliililioH  and 
tniHtwortliinoHB  of  thoHe  who  make  their  “  fum* 
ily  ))aper,"  an  they  are  in  Holcctiiig  a  pliyMician 
to  attend  them  in  HlcknoHH  or  liealtli,  and  wo 
only  winli  that  there  ^vaH  a  larger  niimher  of 
piTHoiiH  who  took  DiIh  viow  of  the  Hiihject,  and 
Hcrntinized  more  cloHoly  than  tliey  do  at  prcrteiit 
tho  charaeter  of  tho  mental  fooil  iliritribiited 
among  their  aHHOciatcH. 
VIEW  IN  EXPERIMENTAL  OROUNDS. 
Tho  uceoinpanying  illtiHtratlon  (Figure  1)  in  a 
view  acroHH  one  Bide  of  lawn  looking  wentward. 
Tlio  group  of  cvergreeiiH  in  the  foreground  are 
mainly  Arhor-ViticH  of  varioiiH  varletloH  and  Hpo- 
cioH  and  all  of  about  tho  .aanio  ago  -Hay  llfteon 
yearM  old  but  jdanted  only  eight  yearn  ago.  A 
EXPERIMENTAL  OROUNDS 
'J’liKUK  are  doubtlogB  many  {jorHoiiH  amniig  the 
readerBof  tho  IUihai.  Nkw-Youkkii  whohoneHtly 
Diink  that  llio  oditom  and  puhllnhorH  of  metro¬ 
politan  iiewBpaiJorH  know  Uttlo  or  nothing  alxmt 
(iiatlorM  pertalulng  to  rural  alfairH.  In  fact,  the 
term  ‘‘  wdewalk  farmerM"  ban  become  a  common 
term  wliich  in  applied  to  tboHe  city  gontlemon 
who  happen  to  take  Hutliclent  lutorcHtiii  farmiiig 
to  own  a  place  iu  the  country,  or  oven  write  or 
talk  on  agricultural  lopicH.  It  in  doubtlenH  true, 
however,  that  the  epithet,  “  nidowalk  farmer," 
id  fretiuenlly  approjiriately  beHtowed  upon  men 
will),  in  their  practical  exiMirionco  of  cultivaUng 
the  Hoil.  ue.vor  came  within  boo  or  iilow-liaiidle 
diHtauco  of  actual  farming,  coiiHeipiontly  tlieir 
knowledge  ol  the  uubjoct  Ih  mainly  of  a  Hooeiid- 
liand  order. 
Having  of  lato  roceivod  numorou*  lottoid  of 
iiKluiry  relating  to  tlio  pernonal  experience  of 
Die  wlitorH  of  the  Jluiui.  Nkw-Yoiikkh  in  liorti- 
cultural  and  agricultural  alfairH,  we  liavo  eon- 
clnded  to  ariHwor  Diem  by  giving  a  few  HketclioH 
of  the  Uural’r  Exi-KiiiAiK.'i'rAL  (Iuoundh,  dotuil- 
r-sr- 
CJ  ItOlJIN  l>H 
1. -VliOW  IN  ItUltAI..  >I  IdIV'IWI 
