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3d Division. — Short leaved ; which 

 may be considered as hardy. 



Pinus Llaveana. 



Ayacahuite. 



Abies reiigiosa. 

 Section II. — Calif ornian or North West 

 American species. 



1st Division. — Fine leaved. These 

 are the tenderest kinds, while those 

 with short leaves are generally hardier, 

 particularly in this American group. 



Pinus insignis. 



californica. 



•^— — Monticola. 



2d Division. — Coarse leaved. With 

 robust stems, leaves, and cones. 



Pinus Macrocarpa. 



Sabiniana. 



3d Division. — Short leaved. All 

 either Spruces or Silvers. 



Abies amabalis. 



grandis. 



nobilis. 



Menziesii. 



Section III. — European Species. 



1st Division. — The slender two- 

 leaved pines ; or those resembling the 

 Aleppo Pine. (P. halepensis.) 



Pinus Brutia. 



Pithyusa. 



2d Division. — The robust two-leaved 

 species ; or those strong growing kinds, 

 resembling the Cluster Pinaster, and 

 Corsican Laricie, Pines. 



Pinus nigricans, or austriaca. 



hispanica, or pyrenaica. 



romana. 



Ascarena. 



Lemoniana. 



3d Division. — The Silver or Spruce 

 Firs. 



Picea cephalonica, or Mount Enos 

 Fir. 



Pinus Pinsapo, or the Mount Atlas 

 Cedar. 



Section IV. — Asiatic Species. 



1st Division. — The robust two-leaved 

 Pines, or those resembling the Cluster 

 Pine {P. Pinaster). 



Pinus taurica. 



2d Division. — Pinus Sinensis, or the 

 Chinese Pine. 



Pinus excelsa, or the lofty Bhotan 

 pine. 



Pinus Longifolia. 



Gerardiana. 



3d Division. — The Silver, or Spruce 

 Firs. 



Abies Webbiana, or the purple-coned 

 Silver Fir. 



Pindrow, or Royles Silver. 



Abies Pichta or Sibirica, the Pitch or 

 Siberian Silver. 



Abies Brunoniana, the Indian Hem- 

 lock Spruce. 



Abies Khutrow, the large coned In- 

 dian Spruce. 



Abies Morinda. 



Abies orientalis. 



The following notice of Junipers will 

 be confined, like the preceding of 

 Coniferous Plants, to the more rare 

 and less known kinds. 



True Junipers. Juniperus oblonga 

 (the oblong-fruited Juniper); Juniperus 

 Oxycedrus (large brown-fruited Juni- 

 per) ; Juniperus macrocarpa (the large 

 purple-fruited Juniper) ; Juniperus squa- 

 mosa (the Creeping Indian Juniper) ; 

 Juniperus recurva (the recurved Indian 

 Juniper) ; Juniperus nana (Dwarf Juni- 

 per)." — Card. Chron. 



Propagation by Cuttings. Mr. Gor- 

 don gives these directions : — 



" In August or September, select a 

 young shoot of moderate strength, and 

 cut it off with a piece of the last year's 

 wood attached, forming what is techni- 

 cally termed a heel. 



" The leaves at the bottom of the 

 cutting should not be pulled off, but 

 must either be left on entire, or short- 

 ened with a sharp knife. AVlien the 

 cutting is made, it should be planted 

 from a half to three-quarters of an inch 

 deep in a pot, filled about one-third 

 with potsherds, on which a layer of 

 turfy peat should be placed, then an 

 inch of good loam, and, on the top of 

 all, a layer of white sand. The pot of 

 cuttings may now be placed in a cold 

 frame, kept close, and shaded when 

 necessary; they may remain in this 

 situation till the end of October, when 

 they should be put in a cold pit for the 

 Winter. Care must be taken at that 

 season, that they do not suffer from 

 frost or damp ; but they must on no 

 account have fire heat. About the end 

 of February the pot of cuttings may be 

 removed to a hot bed, a bellglass being 

 placed closely over it; the cuttings will 

 root readily, and many of them will be 

 fit to pot off by the end of June. When 

 first potted off, the young plants should 

 be treated exactly in the same manner 

 as the cuttings are. 



" In the case of Junipers and Cy- 

 presses, older wood than that used tor 

 Pines is necessary, as they have not 



