It is gratifying to see the increasing interest taken in the cultivation of trees, for it indicates the advancement of civilization and refinement. But there is yet a large class so wanting in good taste that they consider the planting and cultiva tion of trees a very useless employment. To this class we would say, that hap" piness is the aim and object of all the labor of man. In proportion as mankind advance they seek for more extended and more intellectual sources of happiness. One of these is the planting and cultivation of trees. It not only gives pleasure to the senses, but teaches us a moral to the heart. Would our happiness have been as great without these beautiful objects of nature?

Much more might be said on the subject and character of tree-culture, but we have already occupied more space on this subject than perhaps we are entitled to. We do not expect that any thing we may say on this subject, at the present time, will awaken those who have grown gray in their indifference to the productions of our woodlands; but we do hope to stir up the young, whose habits of thought and action are not yet formed, and who have not become wholly possessed with the one idea - that of money making - which blights and destroys all the finer and better feelings and tastes. They have more leisure than their fathers had; education is more general; science and taste are both uniting with labor in all parts of the world, so that working men will not be mere machines, performing their day's labor as an ox or a horse. "The cultivation of the soil " is no longer the farmer's motto, but the "cultivation of the soil and the mind " - the mind above all.

It is not our purpose, in this article, to offer a select list, but to make some further remarks on a few of our native trees and shrubs worthy of cultivation, which we have omitted in our former articles.

The Flowering Dogwood

The Flowering Dogwood is the most showy and beautiful of its genus. The flowers are very numerous, and when they are expanded in May, this tree, which is a very common undergrowth in woods composed of deciduous trees, is conspicuous at a great distance, showing through the woods like a flower among the green, delicate foliage, sometimes in such profusion, as at a distance to re. semble a snow-bank.

Among the eight species of Dogwood which have been observed in this country, the White Flowering is the most beautiful, and is entitled by its size to be classed with the forest trees. It is a roundish-headed tree, usually twelve of fifteen feet high, but often rising from twenty-five to thirty feet, with a diameter of nine or ten inches. In the United States at large it is known by the name of Dogwood, and in Connecticut it is called box-wood, probably from its close, fine grain, resembling the wood of that name, much used by engravers, musical instrument makers, etc.

The Flowering Dogwood is of slow growth, and the wood is hard, heavy, and solid, of a fine, close texture, and susceptible of a fine polish. The seeds, of a vivid, glossy red, and of an oval shape, are always united. They remain upon the tree till the first frosts, when, notwithstanding their bitterness, they are devoured by the robin, which at this period arrives from the northern regions, on its migration to warmer climes.

The Flowering Dogwood should find a place on every lawn or pleasure ground of any considerable extent.

The Liquidamber

The Liquidamber, or Sweet Gum, is a beautiful tree, not unlike some of our Maples in the leaf, star-like, which retains its clear, dark, glossy foliage through the burning heat of midsummer; but it is in the autumn that the most glorious effects are visible; then it is dressed in a livery of brilliant tints, ranging from vivid orange to deep purple-red. It requires a rather moist soil, is easily transplanted, and requires little or no care afterward; its habit is open and straggling; the bark on the body and limbs has a corky appearance, not unlike that of the cork-oak. We have noticed it growing on the high grounds, north side of Staten Island, near New Brighton. It is one of our beautiful native trees, and is not half as well appreciated, as an ornamental tree, as it should be. It would add to the beauty of our pleasure grounds.

The Buffalo Tree

The Buffalo Tree, or Silver-leaved Shepherdia, is a very beautiful tree. It is a native of the Rocky Mountains, and named after the late W. Shepherd. It was also discovered by Mr. Nuttall in Missouri. The tree is deciduous, of hardy, upright growth, and thorny; leaves small, and of a delicate and silvery appearance. The fertile and barren flowers are produced on different trees. They should be set in pairs - one staminate, the other pistillate - from six to eight feet apart, which will allow them to grow to twelve or fifteen feet in height. The two kinds can be distinguished by the leaf or bud; the pistillate having a long, slender leaf, while the staminate has a shorter leaf, approaching near the oval form. The form of the buds corresponds with that of the leaves. This is ornamental as a plant, and the fruit consists of berries about the size of large currants, of a fine scarlet color, and very beautiful, enveloping the branches in profuse clusters. It has an acid taste, and is considered valuable for making into tarts and preserves.