HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES 199 



Cones are borne in great profusion at the branch 

 tips, each being about i inch long, and composed 

 of about twenty-five brownish, broadly wedge- 

 shaped scales. Few evergreen trees can surpass 

 the Hemlock Spruce for beauty and richness of 

 foliage, or distinct and pleasing outline ; and 

 during spring and early summer the young droop- 

 ing shoots, of a lively yellowish green, contrast 

 nicely with the dark and sombre hue of the older 

 foliage, and form a combination that for beauty 

 of effect is certainly hard to match. The soil 

 best suited for the growth of the tree is rather 

 strong, damp loam : indeed, some of the finest 

 trees that I have seen are growing by a lake-side, 

 and where the roots must be partially submerged 

 at all seasons. 



T. CANADENSIS AUREA is, judging from the few 

 specimens that I have had the opportunity of 

 examining, no great acquisition, the colouring being 

 both irregular and inconstant. In the juvenile 

 state it is preferable to older trees. 



T. CANADENSIS GLOBULARIS ERECTA is of dwarf, 



spreading habit, with thick, closely arranged 

 branches, that are at first erect, but afterwards 

 gracefully drooping. The leaves are closely ar- 

 ranged, smaller and narrower than those of the 

 species, and of a much lighter green colour. It is 

 of Continental origin. 



T. CANADENSIS MACROPHYLLA. — Both in colour 

 of foliage and habit of growth this is totally dif- 

 ferent from the parent. The habit is dwarf, the 

 outline regular, but not stifily so, and the compact 

 masses of foliage are of the darkest and most 

 decided shade of green, and greatly intensified 



