CHAPTER I 

 HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES 



CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 



Natural Order CONIFERS 



The Conifers (cone-bearers), one of the most 

 important families of the vegetable kingdom, are 

 for the most part evergreen, resin-bearing trees or 

 shrubs. They belong to the Gymnosperms, or 

 naked seeded plants, the ovule being naked on 

 the face of the ovary. The male and female 

 flowers are separate, either on the same tree or on 

 different trees. Stamens in catkin-like masses ; 

 female flowers in cones. Seed furnished with a 

 hard, crust aceous covering. Wood resinous, with 

 the ligneous tissue marked with circular discs. 



This Order may, for convenience, be subdivided 

 as follows : 



I. Cypress Tribe (Cupressine^e) 



1. Juniperus. 3. Fitzroya. 5. Thuya. 



2. Cupressus. 4. Libocedrus. 



II. Taxodium Tribe (Taxodie^e) 



6. Athrotaxis. 8. Sciadopitys. 10. Taxodium. 



7. Cryptomeria. g. Sequoia. 



