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HARDY CONIP^EROUS TREES. 

 VARIEGATED CONIFERS. 



Cedrus atlantica glauca 

 „ Libani argentea 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana alba 

 spica 

 „ Lawsoniana alba- 



l variegata. 



„ Lawsoniana argen- 



tea 

 „ Lawsoniana argen- 



tea variegata 

 „ nootkatensis argen- 

 tea variegata 

 „ nootkatensis aurea- 



variegata 

 „ pisifera plumosa 



aurea 

 „ pisifera plumosa 

 argentea 



Juniperus chinensis aurea 

 „ Sabina variegata 

 „ virginiana aurea 

 Larix Kasmpferi 

 Picea Engelmanni glauca 



„ excelsa Finedonensis 

 Pinus silvestris aurea 

 „ ponderosa aurea 

 „ Massoniana aurea 

 Pseudotsuga Douglasii Stairii 

 Sequoia gigantea aurea 

 Taxus baccata aurea 



„ ,, elegantissima 



„ „ fastigiata au- 



rea 

 „ „ fastigiata ar- 



gentea variegata 

 Taxus canadensis variegata 

 Thuya doiabrata variegata 



CONIFERS OF LOW-SPREADING HABIT. 



There are many uses to which dwarf-spreading conifers 

 can be put, such as for undergrowth, covering banks and 

 rock-work, or in forming dense, far-spreading masses in the 

 open or around the margins of woods and plantations. For 

 such purposes the following are most to be recommended : — 



Cryptomeria japonica nana 

 Juniperus canadensis 



„ communis com- 



pressa 

 „ Sabina 



„ tamariscifolia 



Juniperus procumbens 



„ squamata 

 Picea excelsa Clanbrasiliana 

 Pinus montana 

 Taxus baccata ericoides 

 „ ., Dovastoni 



PIGMY CONIFERS. 



Several varieties of coniferous trees are of remarkably 

 dwarf and prostrate habit, and therefore well suited for culti- 



