HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES. 



CHAPTER I. 



CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION. 



Natural Order CONIFER.E. 



The conifers (cone-bearers), one of the most important 

 families of the vegetable kingdom, are for the most part ever- 

 green, resin-bearing trees or shrubs. They belong to the 

 Gymnosperms, or naked seeded plants, the ovule being naked 

 on the face of the ovary. The male and female flowers are 

 separate, either on the same tree or on different trees. 

 Stamens in catkin-like masses; female flowers in cones. 

 Seed furnished with a hard, crustaceous covering. Wood 

 resinous, with the ligneous tissue marked with circular discs. 

 This order may, for convenience, be subdivided as follows : 



I. Cypress Tribe 

 {CUPRESSINEyE). 



1. JUNIPERUS. 



2. CUPRBSSUS. 4. LIBOCBDRUS. 



3. FITZROYA. 5. THUYA. 



II. Taxodium Tribe 

 {TAXO.DIEyE). 



6. ATHROTAXIS. 



7. ORYPTOMERIA. 9. SBQUOIA. 



8. SCIADOPITYS. 10. TAXODIUM. 



