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CONIFEROUS TREES 



When planted in reclaimed peat bog many 

 conifers grow with a luxuriance that is entirely 

 wanting when they are seen under other condi- 

 tions as regards soil. By far the largest and 

 healthiest specimens of the rare and interesting 

 Pinus Bungeana, Cephalotaxus Fortunei and C. 

 drupacea, Fitzroya patagonica, various species of 

 Podocarpus, and Torreya that I have seen are 

 growing in deep peat bog to which a quantity of 

 road-scrapings was added at time of planting. 

 The Larch does nowhere better or is more free 

 from disease than when growing in peaty soil, 

 while Pseudotsuga Douglasii, Picea sitchensis, Abies 

 sibirica, Cryptomeria japonica, and Sequoia semper- 

 virens are all at home on deep peat bog. The 

 following is a list of the most suitable : 



Cephalotaxus Fortunei. 



,, pedunculata. 



Fitzroya patagonica. 

 Pinus excelsa. 



,, Bungeana. 



,, Laricio nigricans. 



,, pyrenaica. 



,, sylvestris. 

 Pseudolarix Fortunei, 

 Sequoia sempervirens. 

 Sciadopitys verticillata. 

 Taxus baccata. 

 Thuya plicata. 



Occident alis. 



Abies bracteata. 

 ,, concolor. 

 „ nobilis. 

 „ Nordmanniana. 

 Cedrus Deodara. 

 Cryptomeria japonica. 

 Cupressus Goveniana. 



,, Lawsoniana and 

 ,, varieties. 



,, macrocarpa. 



Juniperus chinensis. 



„ recur va. 



Larix europaea. 

 Cephalotaxus drupacea. 



