Book II. 



ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



889 



DECIDUOUS TREES. JUNE. 



6541. 



Sect. II. Evergreen Trees. 



EVERGREEN TREES. 



All of these flower in March, April, and May. 



Heightfrom20ft.to2$ft. From 28 feet to 36 feet. 







Cupresus sempervirens Pinus tseda 



From 36 feet to 44 feet. 



Pinus abies alba 



cembra 



lanceolate 



palustris 



pumila 

 (Juercus gramuntia 



suber 



picea 

 | abies nigra 

 | rubra 

 l canadensis 

 I cedrus 



Junipenii virginiana, p. I 



Prunus caroiiniana 



Pinus pinea 



variabilis 



sylvest. mark. 



pungens 

 Ouercus esculus 



phellos 

 virens 



From 44 feet to 52 feet. 



1 52 feet $ uptrardt. 



Pinus abies 



inops 



resinosa 



Pinus pinaster 



rigida 



sylvestris 



strobus 



Propagation and culture. See Arboriculttre. Most of the trees enumerated in both the foregoing 

 sections are highly ornamental as single objects on a lawn ; and form curious chamber plants when 

 dwarfed and potted in the Chinese manner. (Hort. Trans, iv. 289.) 



Chap. X. 



Ornamental Shrubs. 



6542. The ornamental shrubs are a much more numerous tribe than the trees : we 

 shall first notice the more select sorts, as the rose, rhododendron, althaea, &c. and after- 

 wards, in succession, the deciduous kinds, evergreens, creepers, and sorts for particular 

 purposes. 



Sect. I. Select Shrubs. 



6543. The term select shrubs we apply to such shrubs as have been much cultivated, 

 and of which numerous varieties are recognised as beautiful. 



Subsect. 1. Rose. Rosa, L. Icos. Polyg. L. and Rosacea, J. Rosier, Fr. ; 

 Rosenstock, Ger. ; and Rosajo, Ital. 



6544. The rose is known by everybody at first sight, and has been a favorite flower 

 from time immemorial among the civilised nations of Europe and Asia. The shrub 

 varies in size in different species, from one foot to six or eiglit, and the colors are red, 

 white, yellow, purple, black, striped ; simple, or in almost numberless shades and mix- 

 tures ; and single, semi-double, and double. It is cultivated in every garden, from that 



