EVEKGREEN" TREES AND SHRUBS. 101 



The Heavy-wooded Pii^e (P. ponder osa), with, leaves 

 almost as long as the last, but more erect and of a sil- 

 very-green color ; an attractive and imposing tree, A. 



The Jeffrey's Pine (P. Jeffrcyii) is a vigorous, tall 

 species, with long, deop, bluish- green leaves, A. 



Sabi:n^e's Pixe [P. Sahiniana) is a majestic tree, 

 valuable as a single specimen, with long, twisted, droop- 

 ing leaves of a silvery-gray color, A. 



The Pitch Pixe (P. rigida) is a tall tree, with rigid, 

 dark-green foliage and dark bark, B. 



Of Pines with five leaves in a sheatli, those immediate- 

 ly following are tall, and the others dwarfish. 



The White or Weymouth PiisTE (P. Strolus), the 

 most ornamental of all our native Pines, and especially 

 valuable on account of bearing the shears well ; of quiet 

 grandeur, with light, glistening, silvery-green foliage, 

 flourishes in any soil, A. D. The Compact AVhite Pine 

 (P. Strohus compada), a valuable dwarf, forming a 

 rounded head of light-green foliage, excellent for mass- 

 ing, G. Silver-white Pine (var. alba, syn. nirea), a 

 handsome dwarf variety of the White Pine, with shorter 

 leaves, silvery-white when young, changing to dark- 

 green. 



California Mountain Pine (P. monticola) resem- 

 bles the last somewhat, but the leaves are slightly shorter 

 and obtuse, of a glaucous green. 



Lambert's Pine (P. Lamhertiana), a large tree, with 

 stiff, yellowish-green leaves four to six inches long. 



Lofty Bhotan Pine (P. excelsa), a hardy, vigorous 

 species from India, resembling the White Pine, but with 

 larger and more pendulous foliage ; sometimes affected 

 by our hot suns, A. 



There are several desirable varieties given in the nur- 

 sery catalogues. 



