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Pine The Black Pine of Austria The Cluster Pine 

 The Weymouth Pine Dwarf Pines Gigantic or 

 Lambert Pine Varieties of American Pine The 

 Heavy- wooded Pine Long-leaved Indian Pine The 

 Cembrian Pine The Lofty or Bhotan Pine The 

 Stone Pine The Larch Parkinson and Evelyn 

 mention the Larch Account by the Highland Society 

 The Larch fosters the springing up of the natural 

 Grasses Spruce Firs The Norway Spruce 

 Douglas's Spruce Fir The Black Spruce Fir The 

 Hemlock Spruce Fir The White American Spruce 

 The Khutrow Spruce The Silver Fir Common 

 Silver Fir Balm of Gilead Silver Fir The Cedar- 

 Elliot Warburton's visit to Lebanon The Indian 

 Cedar Appropriate Trees for various Situations 

 Grafting Flowering Thorns 99 



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Planting for Ornamentation Preparation of the Soil 

 Trees for Shelter and Seclusion Ornamental Trees 

 Grafting Varieties of Thorns Trees for Avenues The 

 Hazel The Elder The Laburnum The Cherry 

 Tree The Laurel The Sweet Bay The Portugal 

 Laurel The Laurel Cherry The Portugal Laurel 

 Cherry The Yew Tree The Foliage of the Yew Tree 

 poisonous to Cattle Yew Timber very durable The 

 Upright or Irish Yew Juniper The Common Juniper 

 The Incense-bearing or Spanish Juniper The Vir- 

 ginian Juniper The Common Savin The Bermudas 

 Cedar The Spindle Tree The Common Spindle 

 Tree The Broad-leaved Spindle Tree The Mountain 

 Ash or Rowan Tree The Service Tree The Holly... 138 



