IN CALIFORNIA 45 



THE PINE FAMILY 



No more handsome pine may be found in western 

 gardens than Pinus Canariensis, named for its na- 

 tive habitat the Canary Island pine. It has long 

 needles or leaves of silvery-blue and an upright, 

 stately growth that peculiarly fits it for highway 

 planting. 



P. halepensis, the Aleppo pine, is better suited 

 for planting over all of California than any species 

 yet tried. It soon grows to large size, is of a clean 

 and pleasing shade of light green and succeeds under 

 a considerable range in temperature, soil and gen- 

 eral condition. 



The Corsican pine, P. laricio, is a tree with stout, 

 spreading branches and grows to a height of 150 

 feet. In general outline at maturity it forms a 

 stately pyramid of rugged beauty. P. maritima, the 

 cluster pine, is a handsome tree bearing needles a 

 foot long, curiously twisted in clusters of bright 

 green. The parasol pine, P. pinea, differs from most 

 pines in having a round head and in age makes a 

 large tree with a wide-spreading top suggestive of 

 a gigantic parasol. 



MIXED CONIFERS 



Agathis robusta, the dammar pine from northern 

 Australia, is unique among cone-bearing trees in 

 that it is the only one bearing broad leaves, similar 

 to those of laurels in outline, thick and leathery in 

 texture and truly handsome. 



Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana is the name of the 

 tree known to Californians as Lawson cypress and 

 to Oregonians as Port Orford cedar, being native to 

 both states indicated. It is a grand tree, a forest 

 giant of rapid growth and pyramidal form with 

 bluish-green foliage, retaining its lower branches 



