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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



what resembling the last, but with much longer and more 

 beautiful leaves ; the form of the tree, however, is not so 

 graceful or regular. Not quite hardy in the Northeastern 

 States. 



Swiss STONE-PINE (P. cembra). This species is very 

 much like the native white pine in color, but it is more 

 compact in form, making a pyramidal growth. It is rather 



FIG 93. JAPANESE PEA-FKUITED CYPRESS (Retmospora picifera). 



slower in growth than the latter species and much more 

 beautiful. 



JAPANESE PEA-FRUITED CYPRESS (Retinospor a picifera), 

 Fig. 93. This is the largest and one of the most hardy of 

 the many species of this genus that have been introduced 

 from Japan. The foliage is dark green and it is somewhat 



