Coniferous Urees. 



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The stone pine (P. cembra) is a dwarf and compact 

 species of a regular ovate outline, slow growing, hardy, 

 and ornamental, and one of the best for use in smaller 

 places. The dwarf pine {P. Mitghus) is a very compact 

 and spreading form, with short rigid leaves. It is almost 

 a shrub, forming broad and low masses when planted 

 on a lawn. 



Spruce, Picea. — Spruces, as distinguished from firs, have 



FIQ. 96.— DWARF PINE (PINUS MUGHUS). 



pendulous, not upright, cones, and leaves spreading every 

 way. They are of an upright pyramidal habit, with 

 branches disposed in whorls at regular intervals along 

 the stem. They grow in rocky and mountainous regions, 

 and form the main forests in the far North, sometimes in the 

 company of pines. 



Norway spruce (P. eseceha) is a common ornamental 

 tree with dark-green leaves, close, sometimes drooping, 

 branches, and an upright, elegant habit. Very useful for 

 screen-planting, and in a young state for groups and masses 

 on the lawn and intermixed in large shrubberies. There 



