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

ba,uty - not to like eyergreens, especially at
,bis season of the year when their dark green,
fssthcry spray gives life and freshness to the
xintry landscapes There Is such an ssirre-
Drpssible" vitality about them-such an in
nate vigor snd power of resisting the lowest
1emperature in their apparently delicate leaf
aye that even few scattered pines ceiars.
O.. hpmlocks in n wood Of decidiOus trees. are
enough to give sense Of life and animation To
the scene.
Those who walk in the woods ONLY i'm suIn-
mer lose much Of the beauty of nature. There
sre usually many sunny, cloudless days even
81 mdwiuter, when the frozen ground is clear
'i snoT, and when the air, though keen, is in
rigprating To mind and body In such days
s,roll through pine or cedar woods is one If
Fhe PleaSantest Of occupations to a person with
'he least appreciation of woodland scenery and
~ol1tude. Ie be sure - there are 10 birds in
last years nests and but few to be seen or
hesrd ga the trees of bluejays, nut matches and
chicksaecs, who manage TO keep soul and body
'ogcther through the long New England win,
<er, But the absence of the singing birds il in
Sou,e degree compensated by the music of the
Vind In the tree tops, heard to advantage in
me stlilness OF animal and insect life The
brown carpet of pine cedar leaves that ma
ture has been wesving for geherations forms
the smOotheSt and most elastic of promenades
The wind may blow In the open field and TIP In
the tree-tOp, out underneath the air is still and
Evergreens are ornamental and such a
shelter from high winds, that it is surprising
20 few Of them should be found near our dwell
lings Most Of them are easily transplanted
end when set in double or triple rows. and
properly trimmed, make living fences, imper
viou. to wind and animals, and of any desira
Jle height. The hemlOck is especially adantcd
Tor this purpose, growing rapidly after the
first few years, bearing to be trimmed IN nj
most any extent, and after a time forming a
s0ild wall OF the richest green, almost as bivb
and impenetrable as the fable hedge arpu1d
the palace of the Sleeping Beauty. Mr.. Geo
b kmmerson, In his valuable report upon
the trees of MASSACHUSETTS, work which de-
serves to be illustrated in the highest style of
art, as Il companion to the new edition of Har.
rIss = . Insects, speaks of seeing i'm the
grounds OF DR. Greene, of Mansfield, hem
lock hedge which greatly excited his admira
non; III was planted to shelter the Doctors
garden from the northwest winds which swept
over bleak plain. Mr.. Emnerson thought
me ueilcate and rare exOtics which were cul-
ti'ated under its shelter, beautiful, but the
hemIOck hedge much more So
\ niue Time and trouble would enable any
one win gardsn similarly exposed, to form a
>'LIi'dr Scree.i ct eyergreenS. Young hemlOcks
3 loot or Fore in heigh can easily be procured,
eiIHer rom swsmps or from nurseries When
r"k % from the woods the delicate look in.
fEcm hot suns and chilling winds; afterwards
'hey can take care Of themselves. and will
:;row vigorously in n favorable situation
!ielniock trees, according to a late authOrity
should he transplanted only in the month If
-Hsy.I Though not so beautiful in color and
LEAKAGE AS the hemlock the arbor-vite and the
red cedar make admirable screens and hedges
The former tree can be procured in any auan-
titles and ~ low price from the nurSeryman
and the latter can be found in thousands upon
almost any rocky New England hill. We live
IN climate In which cold cutting winds occu-
Py a large part of the weather programme, and
screen "t eyergrecns on at least the most ey-
posed sides Of our gardens and other Enclosures.
be'IdeS being ornamental, is highly useful!
IT Is TO be hoped that the time has gone b.
when 1t was considered as satisfying the yerv
highest canGns 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 10 ihIl back upon in case Of a surprise To
he sure. two trees are better than none; but il
Is better to have more, and 10 have them of a
more graceful Kind than the stiff and formal
hr Those with land enough may have, at little
expense, whole companies ard regiments of
graceful pines, hemlOcks, spruces DC graft
lying the taste for form and color and tenn
Perlrg the severity Of our rcliInate-TauatOH
E6PH5iIran.
JOHN RAND0LPH'S SARCASM -Randolph's
sarcasm was always withering, and sometimes
MS very look, or even sIence was annibiIatiuy
re anecdotes told of him are almost innumer-
aoir. and some of them are doubtless pure in
yentionS. We cannot youch for the foIIov;ny
but II Il characteristic uf the Inan:
a gentleman once related TO me an anecdote
"hich nave not seen in print. 4 member of
INC lower House, from Virginia had recently
dlei. with this gentleman Randolph was on
very friendly terms. His successor was elected
-oil
idea that if elected he would s.chas;ise John
f'tndo!ph into his senses" This braggart had
been lii his seat but few days when he sought
To redeem his pledge by making a furious
attack on the gentleman from Roanoke He
was IN full tide of angry defamation when the
co1ect OF his abuse entered the House On
taxing his seat, he barely lOoked AZ the speaker.
ana 'hen began Il hss'y peruSal of the news
papers and documents on his desk All ex
pected reply, and rare sport, as matter Of
course, but they were. for that time disappoint-
ed Some days after, however, when the
ipuse, the lobhles, and galleries W ere full Ran
uoiPh oDtaihed the hOor to speak to some reso-
lutlonS then under consideration. In the conrse
OF ms remarks, he took occasion Z, sncaL =, a.
inoSl complimentary terms of his friend tho
deceased member, whose seat was then occun;aa
by-ftS successor, who was a larp, NORTH n,on
win lnlmitable elocution. which hushed the
House into the most perfect silenee he turnoa
",
said. with hi. blandest and most scorcbinc
irony. Il allude to my esteemed friend from
Virginia. lately deceased and whose seat IS st;TJ
racgHt" As his Incompatible emphasis fell
on the word vacant" the death like silence
was diSpe!led By the most tumul tuous lau gbter
defyiDg all control, and in which friends and
foes alike joined. Ii was told me as a fact by
an intelligent informant, who had it from one
who professed to be personally acquainted with
the facts. that the effect Of this adriot inuendo
was so killing to the principal victim that he
resigned his seat in the body in which be had
30 boldly proposed to chastise John Randolph
into his senses.
~ The February number of the Knicker.
booker Magazine, among other good things
gets of some capital hits regarding morcsaHJ
dc rsJtW and Legitimate art
We have said that il is impossible for any
one tn convey the manner of Mr. Irving in ad
vertiDg to an amusing incident, OF recitipg 3
brief humorous story. He could do it-bu,
there "a and One summer evening we were
much sdlniriDg several articles of curiosity o,
rsrtn which were sprinkled about the centre
table of the north parlor; a rosary and cruei6x
IN wood. carved by a monk, and brought from
the Alhembrs, q yery besutiful thing. beinc