Herald Of The Times

We extract the following observations on the Oriental Cypress Tree, from a letter by Com. David Porter to Mr. Skinner, to whom the writer had sent from Pera, in Turkey, some seeds of the tree to be propagated in this country.—[Philadelphia Sentinel.

Every body has read of the beautiful and extensive cemeteries of Pera, of Pera and Constantinople. It is to this tree they owe their beauty. It is not worth while to go into a minute description of it. It is sufficient to say, that it is the most appropriate tree for grave yards; and, as the question has been agitated in some of our papers, how our grave yards should be ornamented, I send these seeds. The tree is an evergreen; the top of a beautiful elongated conical form. It grows to a goodly size, and of an enormous height, as thick as they can stand; and may be propagated from cuttings as big round as the leg or arm.