CONIFERt^ 



apex, sub-entire, bracts shorter than scales; seeds very small, nearly black, 

 wing short and broad. 



Leaves solitary, covering branches on all sides, sub-quadrangular, acute, deep 

 green both sides, h, in. long. 



An evergreen tree, 70-80 ft. ; Branches straight, slender, stiff. 



Native of the Caucasus; introduced 1825. 



TIGER'S-TAIL SPRUCE, Pkca poUta. 



Parks, gardens. May. This is one of the handsomest and hardiest of the 

 Japanese Conifers, admirably suited for the lawn or park. 



Florvers monoecious ; Frnit a cone, solitary and terminal at ends of branchlets, 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, rounded at both ends, glabrous, 3-4 ins. long, 2 ins. diam., 

 erect at first, pendent later, scales numerous, persistent, closely imbricated, 

 coriaceous, obovate, cuneate at base, entire, chestnut- brown ; seeds small, nearly 

 black, wings thin. 



Leaves arranged round branchlets, straight or slightly falcate, stiff, somewhat 

 quadrangular, acute or acuminate, entire, glabrous, glossy dark green, f-1 in. 

 long. 



An evergreen tree, 40 ft. ; Branches horizontal, stiff; branchlets pendulous; 

 Bark yellowish ; Buds large, globose, reddish-brown ; Wood almost white. 



Native of Japan ; there 80-100 ft. ; introduced 1861. Japanese call it 

 " Toi'ano-wo-momi " (the Tiger's-tail Fir), because long pendulous branches on 

 old trees bear resemblance to a tiger's tail. 



BLUE SPRUCE, Plcea pnngens. 



Parks, gardens. May. 



Flowers mon(x.'cious ; Males yellow tinged red ; Females, scales oblong or 



obovate, pale green, apex denticulate, truncate or emarginate, bracts acute ; 



Fruit a cone, oblong-cylindrical, ',\ ins. long, sessile or short-stalked ; seeds I in. 



long, wings | in. long, rounded at apex. 



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