CHAPTER V. 



CONIFERS OF DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS. 



Weepings Conifers. When planted with discretion in 

 suitable positions, many of the pendulous or weeping conifers 

 are highly ornamental, and constitute a distinguishing feature 

 of the park or grounds in which they are used. The following 

 list includes some of the best : 



Cedrus Deodara 

 Cryptomeria elegans 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana 



filifera 



pendula 



macrocarpa 



nootkatensis pendula 

 Fitzroya patagonica 

 Juniperus chinensis 



communis 



excelsa 



phcenicea 



Juniperus recurva 



virginiana 

 Larix pendula 

 Picea morinda 



Taxodium distichum pendula 

 Taxus baccata pendula 

 Thuya occidentalis 



pendula 



orientalis pendula 

 Tsuga Brunoniana 



canadensis 



Mertensiana 



FASTIGIATE CONIFERS. 



Cephalotaxus pedunculata fas- 



tigiata 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana erecta 



viridis 

 macrocarpa fastigi- 



ate 

 nootkatensis com- 



pacta 

 sempervirens 

 Thyoides 



Cupressus torulosa 



Juniperus communis hibernica 

 drupacea 

 excelsa stricta 

 thurifera 



Pinus Cembra 



Taxus baccata erecta 

 fastigiata 



Thuya occidentalis Vervaeii- 

 eana 



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