OF FOREST-TREES.

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spreading into a bush fit for a thousand pretty employments ; for, coming chap.to be much unlike that which grows wild, and subject to the treadingand cropping of cattle, &c. it may be formed into most beautiful anduseful hedges. My late brother having formerly cut out of one only tree,an arbour capable of receiving three persons to sit in ; it was at my lastmeasuring seven feet square and eleven in height, and would certainly

French Tamarisk. This shrub seldom produces flowers or berries; but when any berriesdo appear, they are small and of a blueish colour. It deserves a place amongst low-growingevergreens, on account of the fine strong green of its leaves both in winter and summer; butit is valuable for nothing else; for it produces neither ornamental flowers nor fruit, andis pofsefsed of a very strong smell; insomuch, that when, the branches and leaves areaccidentally shook by a person’s pafsing by, the whole atmosphere is immediately filled with-a foetid scent, highly offensive and disagreeable. The juice of Savin, mixed with milk andhoney, is said to be good to expel worms from children; as well as, without that mixture, todestroy those in horses, for which purpose it is strongly recommended.

2. The Upright Savin is a delightful tree, and grows to the height of twelve or fourteen feet.The branches are numerous and slender,, which gives the tree an elegant appearance. Theleaves are nearly of the same nature with the other, but of a darker green. The flowers are pro-duced in plenty, and are succeeded by numerous berries, which have a good effect. The up-right tendency of this tree, with the very dark green colour of the leaves, which causes a goodcontrast with others that are lighter, together with its not being pofsefsed of the strongdisagreeable scent of the other sort, makes it a valuable shrub for Evergreen plantations.

3. The Striped Savin has not that tendency to spread like the Common, neither does it growquite so erect as the Upright kind. It is a fine plant, and at present is rather scarce. The-ends of several of the-young shoots are of a fine cream-colour; all the smaller branchesappear often of that colour, and at a distance have the appearance of flowers growing on thetree. To those who are fond of variegated plants, this shrub lias both beauty and scarcity torecommend it.

The juniper is of the clafs and order D'mcia Monadelhkia.

Having given a general account of the various species of this genus of plants, T shallnow consider their propagation. They are raised from seeds which mult be sown as soonas ripe, for when they are kept until spring, they do not come up until the second year.The ground in which the seeds of the hardy sorts are sown, should be fresh and light, butnot dunged: being well dug and formed into beds, sow your seeds pretty thick, and siftsome earth over them about half an inch thick ; the beds will require no farther care thanonly to keep them clear from weeds; and toward the middle or latter end of April youwill find some of the plants appear above ground, though, perhaps the greatest part ofthem will lie till the spring following before they come up; therefore you should carefullyclear the beds from weeds, and in very dry weather refresh them with some water, whichwill greatly promote the growth of those plants which are up, and also cause the otherseeds to vegetate; but if the beds in which these seeds are sown are much exposed to thesun, they should be shaded with mats in the day; for when the plants come first up, they