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Cryptomeria japonica (Japan Cedar) : sheltered position, rich soil, but must not be 

 exposed to biting winds. Elegans is a graceful variety. In spring its narrow 

 pointed leaves are pale green and in winter quite bronzy colour. Lobbi and Lobbi- 

 nana are good forms. 



Cupressus. An important Conifer group for small gardens. The kinds named succeed in 

 ordinary soil. Retinosporas are included amongst the Cupressus. C. macrocarpa 

 (Monterey Cypress), excellent for sea coast ; lutea is a good golden form. C. 

 nootkatensis \Thujopsisborealis] is very handsome, perfectly hardy, and graceful, 

 suitable for lawns. The finest varieties are compacta, pendula, gracilis, aurea, 

 variegata, and lutea, the last named being very showy. C. lawsoniana (Lawson 

 Cypress) is free, graceful, succeeds in almost any soil, and makes a good hedge, 

 as it does not mind pruning. It is very pretty in spring when its male catkins 

 appear in profusion. The most distinct varieties are : Darleyensis, bronzy yellow 

 leaves, useful for small gardens, and effective in winter ; gracilis, albo-spica, 

 tipped with creamy white, and lutea, rich yellow foliage. C. obtusa (Retinospora 

 obtusa) is an excellent Conifer for small gardens, and its varieties compacta, filif era, 

 with long pendulous thread-like shoots ; aurea, rich yellow foliage, touched with 

 bronze brown in winter ; and the golden-leaved gracilis aurea. C. pisifera 

 (Retinospora pisifera} is of elegant growth ; moist soil aurea is a golden-leaved 

 form. C. plumosa is a charming lawn Conifer, and the variety aurea, one of the 

 best variegated shrubs in gardens. A well-drained soil and position are needful. 



Salisburia adiantifolia or Ginkgo biloba is a very distinct and quite hardy Conifer, 

 especially adapted for town gardens. Its autumn tints are rich yellow and orange. 



Juniperus (Junipers). The following are quite hardy and happy in well-drained soil : 

 Red Cedar (/. virginiana], excellent for fringe of lawn, rich green leaves, passing 

 to brown in winter. /. chinensis is erect, with small, stiff glaucous leaves ; the 

 silver-leaved variety albo variegata and the golden form aurea are effective, especi- 

 ally the last-named in winter. The Savin is a beautiful shrub for dry banks, and 

 the variety procumbens is especially ornamental in winter. Other good varieties 

 of the common Savin are humilis, tamariscifolia, prostrata, and variegata. 



Larch, is valuable, but too well known to describe. May be propagated from seed sown 

 thinly in raised beds ; cover seed with fine soil. 



Piceas. Closely allied to Abies ; useful for park and garden. P. Englemanni and the 

 variety glatica are very hardy and free ; good for lawns. P. morinda (Abies 

 Smithiana] is a noble fir, very hardy, pendulous growth, and very suitable for 

 lawns. P, pungens and its varieties, pungens and pendula, are very ornamental. 

 P. excelsa and forms are good garden pines. 



Pines. These must be for large gardens ; but one cannot leave them out of a book of 

 this kind. P. Strobus (Weymouth Pine), is elegant, with straight, much-branched 

 trunk, and long glaucous leaves. P. Laricio (Corsican Pine) is a fine seaside Pine, 

 and makes a handsome shelter. P. austriaca (Austrian Pine) is one of the most 

 popular Pines, very hardy and vigorous, and makes a good shelter on the coast. 

 P. Cembra (Swiss Stone Pine) is a beautiful lawn tree. P. Pinea (Stone Pine) is 

 a fine lawn tree, but rather tender ; loamy soil. P. excelsa (Bhotan Pine), hardy, 

 graceful, and likes dry soil. 



Taxus (Yew). The English Yew is T. baccata, and is beautiful on the lawn, and its 

 adaptability for hedges and windbanks is well known. It enjoys best a rather 

 moist soil, but will grow almost anywhere. Plant in spring or autumn. Get 

 seedling plants. 



Thujas. An important group. T. lobbi, or gigantea as it is called, is an excellent 

 Conifer. T. japonica is pretty in winter. T. occidentalis (American Arbor Vitae) 

 makes an excellent hedge. T. orientalis makes a bushy shrub. T. ericoides, or 

 Retinospora ericoides, is a popular Conifer, with delicate green leaves, stained with 

 violet-brown. 



