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Graceful obtuse -leaved Japan Cypress (Cuptessus obtusa giacilis] is a form 

 somewhat larger and taller than the preceding- variety, but which makesacom- 

 pact, symmetrical, small tree. Has the good foliage and color of obtusa and is 

 sure to give satisfaction wherever planted. 



Blue-tinted Red Cedar. Junipetus Virginiana var. Glauca. Blue-tinted red 

 cedar is a variety of the red cedar, a native tree of Eastern North America 

 whose habitat extends from southern Canada to Florida. Adult trees are of 

 slim upright habit, ranging from fifty to seventy-five feet in height. Although 

 the shearing and clipping of evergreens into artificial shapes is not encouraged, 

 no tree is better suited to the purpose than is this variety, which is one of the 

 very best kinds for making formal gardens. The red cedar will grow on 

 gravelly upland and is equally athome in the moist, sandy soil of the sea shore. 



English Yew. Taxus baccata. The Yew, famous because of its extensive use 

 in English cemeteries, is a handsome, slow-growing tree^, often forty feet tall, 

 whose foliage somewhat resembles in color and texture that of the American 

 hemlock. In England it attains an extraordinary age, there being some 

 authenticated instances of trees having lived for a thousand years. 

 Unfortunately, in this country the English Yew lacks vigor, is short-lived and 

 altogether unsuited to extensive planting in Ohio. The very hardiest and best 

 of the yews is the Japanese species ( Taxus cuspidata}^ which is as yet quite rare 

 but worthy of trial. 



FIG. XVIII Evergreens laden with frost. Photo by Waid. 



