The list of fancy and dwarf evergreens is a very interesting one, and contains a good variety of form and color, and gives the planter a wide range for selection in forming his combinations and contrasts .

I will name a few of the choice hardy sorts , beginning with the old neglected, but best of all the Spruces, the Abies alba - The White Spruce makes a medium size tree, is moderate in its annual growth, and has the most beautiful silvery grey foliage and a compact conical form . It is a tree that will inspire new love and admiration every year . The Black Spruce, sometimes sold for the White, is unworthy of cultivation as an ornamental tree .

Abies alba glauca - This variety of our White Spruce has very marked silvery glaucous foliage - makes a small tree and is exceedingly beautiful - a perfect gem .

Abies excelsa cornea - A very handsome dwarf - erect, compact and regular in form - a very neat, cheerful little Spruce .

Abies excelsa pyramidalis - As its name indicates, this is a beautiful dwarf pyramid .

Abies excelsa parviformis - This Spruce is quite dwarf in its habit and has its branches more horizontal than conica - is exceedingly slow in growth and is one of the most interesting of its class .

Abies excelsa pumila - A very dwarf variety, seldom growing above two feet high, with dark foliage and with distinct bushes and close habit .

Abies excelsa pigmea - This is a very small dwarf, only growing one foot high- quite curious .

Abies excelsa pendula - The branches of this variety are as pendant as those of the Kilmarnock Willow - with a little care in training it, makes an interesting, elegant tree .

Abies canadensis nana - This is a very dwarf variety of our common Hemlock, and is compact and beautiful .

Picea pichta - This Siberian Silver Fir is a medium sized tree, thick with rich dark foliage, which it does not lose like our Balsam

'Fir, and is "hardy as an Oak ." One of the best .

Picea Hudsonica - The Hudson Bay Silver Fir is a very dwarf and interesting variety, growing only about three feet high-one of the best dwarfs.

Picea pectinata pendula- A weeping variety of the European Silver Fir-with a little care in training, it is very ornamental.

Pinus cembra - This Pine is of slow growth; makes a handsome conical small tree; erect and regularly branched, and has three ribbed leaves, green and white, giving it a beautiful plume-like appearance; it is worthy of a place in the best collections.

Pinus Mugho - A small shrub, with numerous branches and short leaves, forming a dense mass of wood and foliage and perfectly hardy. These two Pines are not new, of course, but I think worthy of more attention.

Juniperus Sinensis-The Chinese Juniper is but little known in this country, many nurserymen even being unacquainted with it; it is perfectly hardy. If it stands in a rich place and is inclined to grow too fast and loose, it should be pinched, when it will make a compact, conical shrub, bright and beautiful - one of the most ornamental in attraction.

Juniperus Sinensis variegata - This is like the preceding, except its beautiful green is interspersed with branchlets of white.

Juniperus Japonica aurea - This is a close-growing, fine-leaved variety, with the top of the plant beautifully golden; very attractive in the summer, but browns somewhat with the frosts of autumn and winter.

Juniperus Sabina variegata - This variety of the Savin Juniper has foliage spotted with white and yellow, and is distinct and hardy.

Juniperus Virginiana glauca - The light glaucous color of this tree is very pleasing and ornamental. If you wish for a dense dwarf specimen, clip in the tops of the branches.

Juniperus Virginiana variegata - This is another variety of the Red Cedar, with the foliage distinctly marked with yellow-perfectly hardy.

Juniperus Virginiana pendula - The Weeping Red Cedar has graceful, drooping, slender branchlets, and is a desirable addition to our Weeping Evergreens.

In the long list of Arbor Vitas, we have some few very handsome dwarfs. They brown some in the winter, it is true, but is it not pleasant to see them brighten up in the spring? You sometimes get on a long, sad face, but before your true friends condemn you, cheer fulness comes again.

Thuja dumosa - A real Dwarf Arbor Vitae, growing only about three feet high, with short flat branchlets, of a peculiarly beautiful green in the summer; browns in winter.

Thuja cristata - A dwarf, compact, curious novelty - a really interesting addition to this class of Dwarf Arbor Vitaes.

Thuja nana (Hooper's Dwarf.)-This beautiful dwarf originated with the distinguished nurseryman whose name it bears. It is very compact and bright-one of the best.

Thuja Vervaetieana - A very pretty and distinct variety, with slender branches and a beautiful golden color.

Thuja pendula - The Weeping Arbor Vitae, like all the Weeping Evergreens, needs a little care and skill in its management, when it makes a very satisfactory appearance.

Thuja pyramidalis - This variety is remarkably upright and compact, forming a slender pillar of green; it is quite desirable and attractive.

Taxus adpressa stricta - This is another erect, compact evergreen; has dark, glossy, green leaves, and is without doubt, one of the most hardy of its species.

Taxus Canadensis variegata-This is a variety of our American Yew, with foliage handsomely striped with yellow. With a little annual clipping, it will form a very compact bush, and present a very cheerful appearance.

Taxus Washinglonii-Of this plant, Messrs. Hoopes Brothers & Thomas say, "A rare novelty, of quite vigorous growth, very beautifully variegated, with deep golden yellow spots and stripes." I am very much pleased with the small plants we received about a year ago.

Some of the Biotas and Retinosporas, are wonderfully beautiful, but the fear that they are not sufficiently hardy, deters me from any definite description.

Those who are interested in Evergreens, and can afford it, should give the best of them a trial, protecting with evergreen boughs during winter. Some of the sorts may prove valuable.