70 LAWN AND SHADE TREKS. 



THE- TIIUJOPSIS BOREALIS is a new evergreen, with delicate 

 foliage, resembling somewhat the cypress, rather dark in color, 

 of a rapid growth, hardy ; and for planting where delicacy in 

 spray and foliage is desirable, it promises of value. We have 

 seen few specimens of any size. 



THE LAWSON CYPRESS. Cupressus Lawsoniana. This we con- 

 sider one of the greatest acquisitions that has been -made for 

 many years to our list of hardy evergreens. Its foliage resem- 

 bles the arborvitae, but its habit is that of the hemlock. As a 

 lawn tree, or for association and planting near water, or in cem- 

 eteries where there is room, its beauty of foliage and form ren- 

 ders it every way desirable. There is a variety of this called 

 Pyramidalis, that is more dense and upright, but to us not as 

 beautiful. 



THE BALSAM FIR. Picea ialsamea. The Balsam Fir is a very 

 handsome, compact, erect-pointed tree while young ; but as it 

 acquires age its lower limbs die away; and as a single tree it 

 often presents a ragged, neglected appearance. As a center 

 tree, or for points in the formation of groups, it is desirable ; 

 and as a tree for belts, where very heavy winds are experienced, 

 it proves admirably adapted. In light, sandy soils its beauty 

 lasts about twelve years, while in rich, deep clay loams it carries 

 its foliage on the lower limbs and its beauty from twenty to 

 thirty years. Where it can be had cheap, it is well suited for 

 massing, using the European Silver Fir and American Spruce 

 for outsides. 



THE EUROPEAN SILVER FIR. Picea pectinata. The European 

 Silver Fir is one of our most beautiful evergreen trees. From 

 its slow growth while young, and often losing its leading shoot 

 until it gains a height of six to eight feet, many persons neglect 

 planting it. They, however, do not know its lasting beauty and 

 permanence of form as it acquires age, or they would never leave 

 it out of a collection. Its branches are spreading horizontally 



