Show GIANT THUYA GAINING FAVOR found easier to grow and transplant than any other conifer likes any soil bl W r K R GILDERT GILBERT the giant thuya Is rapidly malting mailing its way ay in the good opinions of 0 those interested in conifers it Is found easier to raise raio and easier to trans plant than any other conifer it nill t ill grow in almost any soil een ell in damp cold bottoms and on poor dry oolite collie and seems equally indifferent to wind dimp damp and spring frosts there Is no reason this tree should not be sold in nurseries at the price ot of spruce unless it is the absence 0 of a regular demand tor for it can be got to the proper size tor for planting in two year time the tree seeds itself in sandy soil in a visit to england a few years ago I 1 saw a plantation ot of thu thira a and larch planted in poor clay over chalk and the thua had bad completely out t stepped the larch another instance 14 q 04 1 iia wr 4 V r t i S W 04 1 im pa 4 t A beautiful specimen in a tour four year old plantation ot of thuya douglas fir and larch on good soil the tanya ghuys had grown gron two feet beet per annum and pretty n ell held heid its own with the douglas though on a steep hill about feet la in altitude it was being suppressed here then Is a rival to the douglas in rapid growth and the lumber la Is acclaimed as to that ot of the best larch and preto rable to larch lor for planking and fencing so apparently decided on rivaling tiie tae douglas in claud claudito ity further the adaptability ot of the tree to soils and its ita power of 0 resisting cold and storms are greater than those or of the douglas |