EVERGREEJq- TREES AND SHRUBS. 99 



OHAPTEE VII. 

 EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Under this head are embraced the conifers or cone- 

 bearing, and other trees and shrubs that hold the leaves 

 over winter. The conifers, as a rule, will thrive in any 

 well-drained, loamy soil, that is moderately rich, but they 

 mostly prefer a light one that is porous and open. If 

 tlie more delicate and half-hardy species cannot be given 

 su3h soil, it is scarcely worth while to 2)lant them, for 

 in any other, the growth will not be completed early 

 enough in the season to ensure the proper ripening of 

 the wood to enable them to endure the winter. A few 

 evergreen shrubs have been described under Thorn, 

 Cotoneaster, Daphne, Andromeda, and Winterberry, 

 with the deciduous species of the same genera. ' 



THE PINE. Pinus. A.-E, 



Many of the Pines, in their numerous species and 

 varieties, are unsurpassed in beauty for ornamental 

 planting, being es):)ecially effective in masses, while most 

 of them are hardy. ^ Being somewhat difficult to trans- 

 plant, a preference should always be given, if possible, 

 to trees that have been root-pruned in the nurseries 

 where they were grown. 



Of those Pines that have two leaves in a slieath, the 

 following, among large growers, are considered the best : 



The AusTRiAjq- or Black Pixe (P. Aiistriaca), of 

 robust, spreading habit and luxuriant growth, with long, 

 dark-green, leaves, A. 



The CoRSTCAJf PiN-E (P. Laricio), a distinct, hand- 

 some grower, with long, dark-green, twisted leaves ; gen- 

 erally hardy, A. 



