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Show A TINE EV .1 t A neanllfat rirtnrtlir' " "n(,n f ttiilHai'ti ff.l't'" )o the Rtotnrti of r It""1 N' or kef a pcimen of Sirdminti ,,r IjJiHMond Of)lirJur-iby li.-t t frwt I""" omefourtccn ynu. KORDUAXVJ rut The Jonrn.d ineim n-l iyit "We know, howi'irr, of a tn-e of nix nt tlie Mine age An 1 rile l Ing killed, root an 1 branch, lew than tw mile from Tht Ituralgroundu, during a wreru winter An unuMislly dr full preceding may tuirecAUsed It death ntlier than the Mver winter, aiotWroonlfersrcgird ! a i-erfectly hardy wen nlo kill.M Tld beaiitiful fir I said to 1 hardy in Itocli ceter, nnd may atan 1 still colder climate. ' Able (Picea) Nordiniiinlaim wan first dl'corend by 1'rnfenor NoM matin growing Uon the Adsltar inoQutAiu at An elevation of some &,( feet. Borne of the tree wen IW feet In height. It 1 found ulto on Ihe Criini-iu mountain. The le n ee an a full Inch In length, of a dirk, very g!oy grm on tho npin-r surface, anl of ,i gUuoim color underneath, under-neath, miking i leafing contrast not nnllke that aeon In Alrocka spruce. It I certainly a fine evergreen nnd wortlo of a luce (u t cry collection M Tlie cut hen it product! Is from a hotograph of the tpeclmeu alluded to. rnprttiM tniiim. Many of our common tree and sbmlrt may l prvpngateil by cuttings, rome lioth more itully and with greater cr talnty thtn nthrr. Among lho of ih fortet aiietie eally J ropAgutM in lhl way an poplar, sycamore, w illow nod Cottonwood, from which cutting grow with but little ( an othr thau sticking them In ground containing the common amount of moUtnre. Among the fru liearer the qnlnct, grape, curranc ani goottWrry may 1 ranked witli tluwi l with which this met hoi ts usually rm ceMful A.geurrnlrnle,howevor, tlw uw i f 1 1 ui: to with root I 0 moot trnt worthy and the one to lo recommi udrd Tho Ut tliru fur taking ttT cuttings U In the fall n. wxjii a the wooil hi riimm d, and they will rvmlie oareful triatuuiu la a pit or (dherwUe to ptvwrvti them in n cool nnd luoht cuudltlon for m ttli g out early in thepnig As a rule the cit-tlngsahonlUMOf cit-tlngsahonlUMOf tho new growth nnd should U cut o.l JurI beyond a bud, and It I bt t'i ketp Ihtm through Ihe win ttr, with the butt upward. Wbi-naet, from oni to two bud tin enough to 1m Mtalove grounl. Cutting sbonll ho from tlie U tn fuchee long, according tntarletlee, and the lougoueeinaybvstt In a hlanllng direction. A Chop lluwer I'll. I kept my ten let rwM ht winter by having a fmno made of plunk", write n cot respondent In J'opular Gardening. Tld frame was sot ou the ground and thetvirthliiklde tuktn nut tu a depth of 1 to 1 ftet, and thl earth lunketl np the frame Then I (1111 in, lint, Imp manure, I hen muck nnd aaud, nnd lante.1 myrow, covering them with gliaiAiid In cold we r with a piece of carpet, 'Die hut of i witiUr 1 put moro manun on the outside, and my roaet kept green all winter anl In tho tarly vprlugreut out line strong boots, which Hive burrin some of the linnet row 1 oversaw, 1 shall try other phut the mux way thl winter. Thiiwoull hardly be called t. I It, but lias been n very iucipentlvo ) et aucewtf ul way to keep row at least |