CONTENTS 



PREFACE. 

 CHAPTER I. 

 Hardy Coniferous Trees, 

 classification description cultivation. 



Natural Order Comfer<s. 

 I. CYPRESS TRIBE ( CupressinecB ) , 



Including Juniperus, Cupressus, Fitzroya, Libocedrus, Thuya. 

 H. TAXODiUM TRIBE (Taxodiex). 



Including Athrotaxis, Cryptomeria, Sciadopitys, Sequoia, Taxodium. 



III. FIR TRIBE (Abieiinece). 



Including Abies, Cedrus, Larix, Picea, Pinus, Pseudolarix, Pseudo- 

 tsuga, Tsuga, Keteleeria. 



IV. ARAUCARIA TRIBE (Araucarzece). 



Including Araucaria, Cunninghamia. 



Natural Order Taxacece, 



I. SALISBURIA TRIBE (Salisburiece). 



Including Ginkgo, Cephalotaxus, Torreya. 



II. YEW TRIBE (Taxea). 



Including Taxus, Dacrydium. 



III. PODOCARPUS TRIBE ( PodocarpecB ) . 



Including Podocarpus, Prumnopitys, Saxegoths. 



CHAPTER II. 



Propagating Conifers. 



From seed from cuttings by grafting by layering table of weights of coniferous 

 tree seeds. 



CHAPTER III. 



Conifers and Soils. 



For chalky or calcareous for gravelly and sandy for peaty for clayey. 



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