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A FEW FLO WEES 
beautiful novelty, and should not be omitted in a selection of fine trees. The tree is very similar to the preceding, except¬ 
ing that the flowers are bright pink. 
The Hawthorns are beautiful low-growing trees with pretty foliage, and producing myriads of flowers, which, with 
their bright foliage, form a handsome picture. 
And if but little is known of the rarer deciduous trees, what shall we say of the Conifers, 
■ or Evergreens ? One can count on the fingers of one hand the varieties that are commonly 
J.'. used, although there is here the greatest wealth of variety, and some of such fine form and 
beautiful foliage as to be worthy of a place in the conservatory, and then they are, with their 
perennial verdure, so effective in the winter landscape. 
The Andromeda floribunda is a charming 
dwarf evergreen shrub ; it is difficult to propa¬ 
gate, and therefore scarce. The leaves resemble 
those of the Privet in size and form. Flowers 
produced in great profusion in May and June, in 
racemes well projected beyond the leaves. Daphne 
cneorum is an evergreen dwarf shrub or trailing 
plant of great beauty. The flowers are a bright 
pink color, and are freely produced in spring, and 
again in September. 
All are familiar with the Norway Spruce, 
which is so plentifully planted, but how many 
have seen the weeping form of it, with its grace¬ 
ful abandon, which is simply beautiful, and its 
peculiar and effective drooping habit ? 
Or how many have seen the Weeping Hemlock, which is the choicest of evergreens, and makes a beautiful evergreen 
fountain ? 
Now, there are two grand evergreens that no collection should be without. One of these, Parson’s Silver Fir, is shown 
in our illustration. Everything about its appearance is solid, rich, and picturesque, the masses being peculiarly interesting 
and attractive. The other is Nordman’s Fir, and there is no finer evergreen than this, with its dark green massive foliage, 
silvery underneath. 
GROUP OK EVERGREENS. 
