Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-02-28
EEERGREENS.

EYERGREENS.
~ Who is there with so little sense of grace and
eauty not to like evergreens especially Mt
is season. OF the year when their dark green
sthcry spray gives life and FRESHNESS. to the
uBtry landscapes There il such an ssirre-
rrSsible' vitality about them-such an in
6ate yigor snd power of resisting the lowest
temperature i'll their apparently delicate leaf
ge. that even few scattered pines cedars
BE- hemlocks in n wood Of decidiOus trees. are
enough TO give sense Of life and animation to
he scene.
Those who walk in the woods only in sum-
her lose much Of the beauty Of nature There
Ore usually many sunny, cloudless days. even
IN Underwater, when the frozen ground is clear
~ sncs, and when the air, though keen, is in
Migrating To mind and body. In such DAYS
- strOll through pine or cedar woods is one IF
the PleaSantest Of occupations to a person with
She least appreciation Of woodland scenery and
sOlltude. he he sure - there are 10 birds in
1ast years nests, and but few to be seen or
hesrd "a the trees of bluejays, nut matches and
chicksdecs, who manage to keep soul and body
together through the long New England win,
Ser But the absence of the singing birds il in
soTe degree compensated by the music of the
lnd In the tree tops, heard to advantage in
fthe stiffness of animal and insect life The
brown carpet of pine or cedar leaves, that ma.
lure has been weaving for gs6erations. forms
The smOOtheSt and most elastic of promensdes
Il he wind may blow In the open field and I'D In
Che tree-tOp, but underneath the air is still and
comparatively warm in the coolest days
kYergreens are so ornamental, and such q
Shelter from high winds that il is surpri.ing
30 few of them should be found near our dwell.
ling Most Of them are easily transpIanted
md when set IN double or triple rows, and
prOperly trimmed, make living fences, inner
s-yious to wind and animals and of any desira-
bic height. The hemlOck is especially sdantpd
hrst few years, bearing to be trimmed TO al
most any extent, and after u time forming q
'-toild Wall OF the richest green, almost as bivb
and lmpenetrable as the fable hedge arou1d
she palace Of the Sleeping Beauty. Mr.. Geo
Emmer'Cn, In his valuable report upon
the trees OF MASSACHUSETTS, a work which de-
oSeryeS to be Illustrated in the highest stvle of
art, as companion to the new edition of Har-
rlss Insects speaks of seeing in the
grounds Ot DR. Greene, of Mansfield. a hem
Jock hedge which greatly excited his admira
mon: IL was planted to shelter the Doctors
Sarden from the northwest winds which swept
over bleak plain. Mr.. Emmerson thought
the delicate and rare exotics which were cnI.
tl'ated under its shelter, beautiful. but the
hemiock hedge much more so.
niue tlme and trouble would enable any
one with garden similarly exposed, to form a
mar Scree.i OF evergreens. Young hemlocks
,Got or Fore in height can easily be procured
~ % from the woods, the delicate LOOKING
.'antS should be sheltered for a year or two
irom hot suns and chilling winds; afterwards
they can take care Of themselves and will
grow vigorously in a favorable situation.
- Hemlock trees, according to a late authority
7 should he tranSplanted only in the month Of
s4May Though not so beautiful in color and
leafage as the hemlOck, the arbOr-yita, and the
red cedar make admirable screens and hedges
The former tree can be procured in any auan-
uueS ana ~ low price from the nurseryman
and the latter can be found in thousands unon
almost any rocky New England hill. We live
In climate In which cold cutting winds occu-
Ply large part of the weather programme and
" screen of eyergrecns on al least the most ex-
posed sides of our gardens and other Enclosures.
besldeS being ornamental, is highly useful
III Is to be hoped that the time has gone BY
when II was considered as satisfying the yery
highest canons of taste to stick two solitary
sllver-hr trees in front of the house LOOKING
like two Sentinels on duty with no force i'm the
rear to fall back upon in case of SUNRISE To
he sure. two trees are better than none: but il
Is better To have more, and TO nave them of a
more graceful kind than the stiff and formal
hr. Those with laEl enough may have. at little
expense, whole companies ard regiments of
graceful pines, hemlOcks. Gpruces. &c graft
Tying the taste for form and color. and tenn
Perirg the severity Of our climate -TauntoU
EePHb/ICan.
john RANDOLPHS SARCASM -RaDdoInh's
sarcasm was always whitening and sometimes
his very look, or even siience was annibiIstinu
The anecdotes told of him are almost innumer-
able and some OF them ere doubtless pure in
ventlonS We cannot vouch for the following,
but II Il characteristic of the nan:
\ gentleman once related 10 me an aneedote
which have not seen in print: 4 member of
tho lower House, from Virginia had recently
dleI With this gentleman Randolph was on
very friendly terms. His successor was elected
IN part, rs was said, from his holding up the
idea that If elected he would ''chas;ise John
Randolph into his senses" This bragpart had
been In his seat but few days when he sought
10 redeem his pledge by making a furious
attack ON the gentleman from Roanoke He
was IN full tide of angry Reclamation when the
colect OF his abuse entered the House On
taking his seat, he barely looked az the speaker.
ana Then began a hss'y peruSal Of the news
papers and documents on his desk All ex-
pected reply, and rare sport, as a matter of
course, but they were. for that time, disappoint-
ea Dome days after, however, when the
House, the lohbies, and galleries W ere full Ran
dOiph obtained the floor to speak to some reso-
buttons thenunder consideration. In the course
OF MS remarks, he took occasion 10 sneak in tho
most complimentary terms of his friend the
deceased member, whose seat was then occunied
Dy-Gts successor who was Iarp, D0rfIu man
with lnimitable elocution which husbed tho
House into the most perfect silence, he turned
to the seat occupied by mis- rude antagonist, and
said. with his bIandest and most scorcbing
irony. Il allude to my esteemed friend from
Virginia lately deceased, and whose seat IS still
rac9"tr' As his Incompatible emphasis fell
on the word vacant" the death like silence
was dispe!led by the most tumul tuous laughte
defyiDg all control, and in which friends and
foes alike joined. Ii was told me as fact by
an Intelligent informant, who had it from one
OrOfesspi IN ha all
the facts. that the effect of this adriot inuepdo
was 50 killing to the principal victim that be
resigned his seat in the body in which be had
80 BOLDLY proposed to chastise John Randolph
into his senses
81 The February number of the Knicker-
booker Magazine, among other good things,
gets OF some capital hits regarding morceaHr
dc cSrtH and Legitimate art
We have said that ii is impossible for anv
one !" convey the manner of Mr.. Irving in ad-
verIns to an amusing incident, OF recitipg a
brief humorous story. He could do TN,