A LIST OF 

 HAKDY CONIFEEOUS PLANTS, 



WITH THEIR DESCRIPTIONS AND PRINCIPAL SYNONYMS. 



ALL the kinds mentioned in this list will endure our 

 climate, though not equally well in every locality. 

 Some are only adapted for favourable situations ; 

 while others may be successfully cultivated in any part 

 of the country. The less hardy and spring-tender 

 kinds are indicated in their respective descriptions. 



Of the numerous garden varieties the principal ones 

 only are mentioned. 



The arrangement adopted is simply alphabetical. 

 To have recognised botanical distinctions would not 

 have added value to the information sought to be con- 

 veyed. It is hoped the descriptions given will enable 

 purchasers to select such species as are best adapted 

 for any particular situation, or to produce any effect 

 desired. 



The nomenclature is that employed by Dr. Lindley 

 in the " Catalogue of Coniferous Plants," published in 

 the Journal of the Horticultural Society of London 

 for 1850. But we have not thought it necessary to 

 give more synonyms than will suffice for the identifi- 

 cation of each species. The many names under 

 which some of them are known have hitherto rendered 



