vi CONIFEROUS TREES 



Chronicle and Transactions of the Royal Scottish 

 Arbor icultural Society, and from which Professor 

 Hansen in The Pinetum Danicum, Nisbet in the 

 last edition of Brown s Forester, Ravenscroft in 

 The Pinetum Britannicum, and other writers, 

 have done me the honour of quoting. Condensed 

 notes from some of these papers are included in 

 the present work. 



As regards general nomenclature, I have fol- 

 lowed the now almost universally adopted plan 

 of Bentham and Hooker, while the synopsis of 

 tribes and genera and lists of synonyms are mainly 

 from Masters' List of Conifers and Taxads. 



The generally accepted names of both species 

 and varieties have received special prominence, 

 and are printed in conspicuous type, while the 

 lists of synonyms have been made as inclusive 

 as possible, owing to many of these being still in 

 common use. 



In order to facilitate reference, the arrange- 

 ment of both genera and species is alphabetical 

 throughout the work. 



The chapters on *' Conifers for Economic Plant- 

 ing " and " Quality of British-grown Coniferous 

 Timbers,'' as well as Introductory Remarks on 

 the Commercial Aspect of Conifers, should all 

 prove useful at a time like the present, when the 

 afforesting of large areas of land is receiving 

 attention. 



This book being mainly intended as a cheap, 

 handy, and concise popular guide to hardy Conifers 



