CONIFERS. 



s. d. s. d. 



DOUGLASSI good plants, 4 to 5 ft, per doz. 30 o 42 o 



,, 5 to 6 ft, ,, 60 o 84 o 



Specimens, 7 and 8ft, each 7 6 10 6 

 This hardy, noble, and valuable tree deserves to be extensively- 

 planted, as it is not only one of the most ornamental, but one of the 

 best timber trees of all the firs. It is rapid in growth, very handsome 

 in its habit, dark green in colour on the surface of its foliage, slightly 

 glaucous beneath. It is from the North-West Coast of America and 

 California, where it forms magnificent trees 200 feet high, and 8 to 10 

 feet in diameter. 



ENGELMANNI each ... 5 o 



EXCELS A Common Norway Spruce, Plants, 3,4, 5, and 6ft., 



per doz. 6 18 o 

 Fine plants, 8 to I oft., per doz. 24 42 

 A useful plant for shrubberies or cover planting. 



EXCELSA CLANBRAZILIANAn 

 COMPACTA. 



GREGORYANA. 



PYGM^A. 



PYRAMIDALIS. 



All dwarf varieties of the Common Spruce. 



ERECTA each ... 2 6 



An upright variety of Spruce. 



HOOKERIANA Good plants, each 2636 



Syn. Patlomi. 



From California, and described as a magnificent tree, attaining a 

 height of 200 to 300 feet ; when grown freely it is very pretty and 

 quite hardy. 



MENZIESII Young plants, 2 J to 3^ft, per doz. ... 40 



Large plants, 5? 6, and 7ft., per doz 9s. 12 18 O 



From Northern California, a tree 60 to 70 feet high, pyramidal in 

 form, dense in habit, foliage green above and very silvery below, 

 giving to large trees a very beautiful appearance in sunlight. It is 

 quite hardy, and delights in rich moist soil. Timber of first-rate 

 quality. 



MERTENSIANA Californian Hemlock Spruce. 



Good plants, per doz. 18 24 

 Syn. Albertiana. 

 ,, Williamsoiiii. 



A handsome fast growing tree, of from 100 to 150 feet high, in 

 Oregon and California. It is very hardy, and in general appearance 

 resembles the Hemlock Spruce previously described. 



NIGRA The Black Spruce Plants 2 to 3ft , per 100 40 75 



4 to 5ft, per doz. 12 18 



Of close symmetrical habit in its young growth, eventually making 

 a tree 60 to 100 feet high in Canada and North America. The timber 

 is bright, elastic, and strong. The plant thrives best in rich moist 

 situations. 



ORIENTALIS The Eastern Spruce, nice little plants, 9 to 



i8in per 100 10 16 o 



Good plants, each 3 6 7 6 

 Found on the mountains of the Caucasus and Imeretia. It is a 

 dense-growing dark green plant in its young state, and forms a lofty 

 tree of 70 or 80 feet ; very hardy. 



POLITA Good plants, each 5 10 6 



A new species from Japan, a very vigorous grower, distinct and 

 handsome. 



SIEBOLDII Japan Hemlock Spruce each 3650 



Syn. Abies Tsuga. 

 ,, Tsuga Sieboldii. 



A tree of from 30 to 40 feet in height, of similar habit to the 

 Hemlock Spruce (Abies Canadensis), the leaves are much shorter, 

 and the general character sufficiently distinct to make it a desirable 

 plant in all collectrons. 



NANA each 5076 



A dwarf form of the above. 





