MAURICE YOUNG'S 



CATALOGUE OF CONIFERS, 



HARDY ORNAMENTAL 



Trees, Shrubs, and Evergreens. 



AUTUMN 1874. 



CONIFERS. 



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PINUS {The True Pine). 



ARISTATA each 3 6 to J o 



A pine found on the snowy mountains in North America, attaining 

 there a height of from 30 to 40 feet. It is of the Strobus type, very 

 distinct in habit and useful as a variety in collections. 



AUSTRIACA The Black Pine of Austria. 

 Syn. 



A rapid-growing tree, attaining a 

 habit, dark green in the colour of its foliage, and valuable for planting 

 as screens or for shelter, on account of its great hardiness and free 

 growth. The timber being very resinous, is strong and durable when 

 of good age. 



BEARDSLEYI Good plants, per doz. 24 30 o 



Syn. ponderosa. 



A large timber tree found in California and the North- West Coast 

 of America. Timber valuable ; quite hardy. 



BENTHAMIANA Good plants, 2 to 3 and 4ft., per doz. 30 o 40 o 



A very lofty tree, also from the mountains of California, growing to 

 a great height ; the foliage dark green and very long ; handsome in 

 its young state, and eventually making a noble tree. Timber said to 

 be the best of all the pine tribe. 



CEMBRA Swiss Stone Pine ...Nice young plants, 2 to 3ft, 



per doz. 60 90 

 4 to 5ft, ,, 15 o 18 o 



A native of the highest mountains in Switzerland and Siberia, 

 height 50 to 80 feet, erect and close growing in habit, regularly fur- 

 nished with branches, which are thickly covered with glaucous green 

 foliage. Timber soft, fine in grain, and very fragrant ; it furnishes the 

 wood from which the Tyrolese shepherds and peasants cut the curious 

 little men and animals so widely and well known all over Europe. 



DENSIFLORA 9 to I2in., per 100 30 o 



Native of China, of compact habit and deep green foliage. 



EXCELSA Nepal Young transplanted plants, per 100 21 o 30 o 



2 to 2ft, per doz. 18 o 24 o 



Growing on the mountains from 6,000 to 10,000 feet elevation; a 

 fast growing tree, sometimes reaching a height of 150 feet. Timber 

 soft, white, and resinous. 



INSIGNIS The Remarkable Pine ...Good plants, per doz. 12 o 24 o 



Very appropriately named ; as to colour and general appearance, it 

 is quite distinct from any other pine. The foliage is a bright rich grass 

 green, ihickly set on the branches. It makes a handsome tree of from 

 80 to 100 feet, and thrives best on high situations not too much ex- 

 posed ; in low damp places it is sometimes killed or injured by severe 

 winters. It is a native of California. 



