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their successful outdoor culture, and many are grown 

 as pot plants, either because of their extreme beauty 

 or the fame or sentiment attached, as in the case 

 of our big tree and redwood. 



The big tree, Sequoia gigantea, is hardy in many 

 parts of the United States, Europe, England, etc., 

 but the redwood will not stand much cold weather. 

 Our Douglas spruce, Pseudotsuga Douglasi, is much 

 in demand in all countries, and few of our people are 

 aware that it is from this tree that we get the far- 

 famed Oregon pine. This tree may be found in the 

 lower mountains. Horticulturists have appreciated 

 this tree to the extent of producing, by selection and 

 other means, at least ten distinct forms which have 

 been given varietal names. 



We have so many native genera in the cone bear- 

 ers that all could hardly be covered in this list, but 

 to show our wealth of available garden material we 

 will take one genus, pinus, or the true pines. These 

 must not be confounded with spruces, firs, cedars, 

 cypresses, junipers and the great host of other na- 

 tive conifers. The following fifteen California spe- 

 cies have been advertised in nursery catalogues: 

 Pinus Balfouriana, foxtail pine; P. contorta, scrub 

 pine; P. Coulteri, pitch or big cone pine; P. flexilis, 

 limber pine; P. Jeffreyi, Jeffrey's pine; P. Lamber- 

 tiana, sugar pine; P. monophylla, single-leaf pine; 

 P. monticola, mountain white pine; P. Muricata, 

 prickle cone pine; P. Parryana or quadrifolia, nut 

 pine or pinon ; P. ponderosa, yellow pine ; P. radiata, 

 Monterey pine; P. Sabiniana, digger pine; P. Tor- 

 reyana, Soledad pine ; P. tuberculata, knob cone pine. 

 Aside from these are many either of late introduc- 

 tion to the nursery trade or of little value as horticul- 

 tural subjects. 



