CONIFER.^ 



Wood light, soft, close-grained, durable in contact with soil, light reddish- 

 brown. 



Native of N. America, reaching 150 ft. in height. Discovered by Colonel 

 Fremont; seeds sent home by Jeffrey, 1853. Generic name from Gr. libanos, 

 incense, and cedrus, a Cedar, in reference to the resinous character of the wood. 

 Specific name from L. decurro, I run down, referring to leaves. Known in 

 nurseries as Thuja gigantea. 



UMBRELLA PINE, Sdadopitys verticiUata. 



Parks, gardens. May. Requires leaf-soil or peat and moisture. Propagated 

 by imported seeds sown in pots of moist sandy loam in cold frame or greenhouse, 

 transplanting outdoors in following spring ; or sown outdoors in moist sandy 

 loam in April, transplanting one year afterwards. 



Floivers monojcious ; Male catkins terminal, somewhat globular, anther 

 lobes 2 ; Females solitary, bract scales arranged spirally, seminiferous scales 

 growing out from them and exceeding them in length, ovules 6-9 ; Fmit 

 a cone, elhptical or cylindrical, obtuse, '2^-'6 ins. long, l^ in. diam., scales 

 regularly imbricated, thin, bracts shorter tlian scales, cones produced after about 

 20 years ; seeds seldom ripening in England. 



Leaves alternate, 30 40 at extremities of shoots, forming a sort of whorl like 

 an open parasol, linear, 2-4 his. long, J in. broad, sessile, slightly falcate, blunt 

 or slightly notched, glabrous, coriaceous, double ribbed channel underside, yellow- 

 green when young, afterwards deep green, persistent about 3 years. 



An evergreen tree, 70-80 ft. ; conical ; Stem straight ; Branches horizontal, 

 spreading, mostly in whorls, stiff, twiggy, young shoots cylindrical, leaves only 

 at top, growth very slow. 



Native of Japan; seeds first sent to England by Mr. J. G. Veitch, 1861 ; 

 attains height of 120-150 ft. in native country. Name from Gr. scias, sciados, 

 a shade, an umbrella ; pitijs, pifijos, a Pine-tree ; Low Latin verticlllatus 

 — vcrticiUns, dim. of vertex, a whirl. 



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