The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-14

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large plant, the earth should be
trampled firmly about the roots
several times while filling. Heavy
plants may be staked until the
spring winds are over. When
warm weather approaches, mulch
ing the ground should never be
omitted, in the case of rare or val
liable evergreens newly planted.
Any material lying about the roots,
and protecting the surface from the
baking effect of the SUI in summer
will answer the purpose required
WHAT SHALL WE PLANT:
That is question not to be an
swered in a hurry or at the close of
an article like this, and we shall
take a convenient opportunity to
reply. For the present, suffice 1t
to say that it is lamentable to find
80 few of our choice evergreens suf-
fciently well-known to make them
popular, yet it is no more trouble to
care for a really fine tree than most
ordinary sorts.
Among the tall growing ever
green's, we shall find the Norway
and White Spruces, also, but rarely,
the blue tinged Menzies' Spruce.
The White Spruce must be set on
the North side to survive u sum-
mers. Hemlock Spruce is elegant
and graceful and very fine in its
dark green. The Himalayan is
rarer, but suffers also in hot *
posed spots. (White Pines are
greatly admired by some, SO too the
dark Austrian Pine and the Scotch.
But Pinus Excelsa (the Bhotan
P.ne) is far handsomer. Lambert's
is another a / pine that is good.
But after all no pine in the world
is grander than Pinus A~ustralis,
own Southern long leaved pine.
But we have nc eyes to see beauty
that is not s'far fetched and dearly
bought"
Balsam FIR, with it's regular
dark green comes when young, the
softer European Silver Fir, and
such finer sorts as Nordmanus,
Webs, the Hudson Bay and Picea
Nobilis, are not to be forgotten.
Nordmann's is the most majestic
Of all, and finish in color, but will
positively fail if planted in a spot
exposed to much heat in the sum-
mer. We have won our experience
at KELVIN by pretty costly expert
ment, and would caution our friends
against planting the rare sorts, K
cept they a depend upon securing
plants proven to be susceptible of
acclimation.
The Yews are still darker, in
their sombre black green. There
are quite a number of them, the
spreading English, the columnar
Irish, the delicate fine foliage of
the Heath-like Yew (Taxus Fri
coides) the White Canadian, the
elegant Dovastoni, and the various
forms Of the round massive Golden
Yew. Allied to these are the Jap
anese species, the Cephalotaxus,
both Fortunii and Drupacca. We
have a Southern tree of near rela-
tionship, the fine Florida Yew, so.
called, or Torreya taxifolia.
In the jumpers, we have great
variety again, the tall and formal
blue, green, Irish Juniper, the
Golden Swedish (not quite as har-
dy as the former, but doing pretty
well), the Quaint Creeper, Juni-
penes prostrata, the melancholy
Juniper, Sabina, or Savin, with its
peculiar odor, the Cracovean, the
Weeping forms, &c.
By far the most popular ever
green, however, is the Arber Vitae.
in some of its many strange forms,
%colors, and habits of growth. About
thirty-two pretty distinct kinds are
used now in gardening. There
are two grand classes-the Thuva
and Biota sections. The latter all