ON ORNAMENTAL TREES 



has proved altogether hardy, and of course it may 

 be grown readily anywhere along the Atlantic 

 Coast south of this region. It is a tree of extremely 

 rapid growth, almost equalling the eucalyptus. The 

 redwood also is of such rapid growth under culti- 

 vation that it soon overshadows most other trees. 

 Indeed, it grows so rapidly and requires so much 

 room that it is hardly adapted to use as an orna- 

 mental tree except in large grounds. 



I have raised the giant Sequoia (it is known 

 technically as Sequoia gigantia) in the nursery 

 from seed, and the redwood (Sequoia semper- 

 virens) from cuttings as well as from seed. The 

 cuttings do fairly well if started in the fall and 

 treated like cuttings of other conifers. 



As to the matter of selection and development, 

 the redwood itself may probably be regarded as a 

 comparatively recent variation from the form of 

 the giant Sequoia. The ancestors of the redwood 

 took up their location in the valleys nearer the 

 ocean and were modified until they are consid- 

 ered to rank as distinct species. But the similarity 

 of the two forms is obvious, and the two species 

 stand in a class by themselves obviously allied 

 to other conifers in the form of leaf and cone and 

 manner of growth, yet so far outranking all others 

 as to be properly thought of as representatives of 

 a unique order of vegetation. 



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