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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
= the hedge within bounds. Evergreen hedges must not 
be handled roughly while frozen, since the branches are 
brittle and easily break off, leaving dead places in the hedge. 
DESIRABLE EVERGREENS 
Height 
Botanical name Common name in Use 
feet 
Abies balsamea......... SS ee eee 50 | Specimen 
A CORED «5.0 i eS White ff. .2.5265.5 45 | Specimen 
A. Nordmanniana...... Nordman’s fir....... 40 | Specimen 
Andromeda floribunda. ..| Andromeda......... 2. | Group 
Azalea nudiflora........ Swamp pink........ 6-8 | Group 
Ay MOS OS Japanese azalea..... 6 |Group. 
Chamaecyparis obtusa . . .| Obtuse-leaved 
cyires Ss: 10-15 | Specimen 
GC piitera. Se Thread-branched 
cypress. 2-555 10-15 | Specimen 
bet Ob06E = Sk BION Sie se og CS 15 | Specimen 
Juniperus communis... .| Juniper............ 3-4 | Cover for banks 
J. communis var. 
Rabernsea.. 65 oe Irish juniper........ 8-10 | Specimen 
Je SABiNe 3 vin juniper....... 3-4 | Cover for banks 
J. VIF GiNtana.. 22. 6s... Red Cedar s2 20-30 | Hedge, wind- 
break, speci- 
: men 
Kalmia latifolia ........ Mountain laurel... . . 5-10} Group or speci- 
men 
Picea canadensis........ White spruce....... 50-75 | Hedge, wind- 
break, speci- 
men 
et Nee eee Norway spruce...... 50-75 | Hedge, specimen 
P., PURgEns oe. sess Colorado blue spruce.| 60-70 | Specimen 
Pinus Laricio var. 
QOUNGOR 6 oe cs Austrian pine....... 40-50 | Specimen 
P. montana var. Mughus | Swiss mountain pine.| 8 | Specimen 
Pr. VEANOSE RSS Red “pine... 2333s 50-60 | Specimen 
Oy SWOORE 56 es Peres White pine......... 50-75 | Specimen 
P. Syleastit 7. es SCeteh Pies O55 40-50 | Specimen 
Pseudotsuga mucronata... .| Douglas fir........ 40-50 | Specimen 
ron cataw- 
erie ea C8 ee ee 6-8 | Group or speci- 
: men : 
Re. PORIRNIE os Great laurel. ....... 8-10 | Group or speci- 
men 
Taxus baccata.......... English yew........ 10-15 | Specimen 
T. canadensis........... erican yew...... 3-4 | Group 
T. cuspidaia............ Japanese yew....... 3-4 | Group 
Thuya orientalis........ Oriental biota....... 4-5 | Specimen 
T. occidentalis (many 
varieties) Arbor-vitae......... 15-20} Hedge, wind- 
break, speci- 
: men 
Tsuga canadensis....... ee ea 60-70} Hedge, wind- 
break, speci- 
