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THE CANADIAN H0RTICDLTDK18T. 



SWISS PINE (Finns Cemhra) 



we have one which combines, in an 

 unique manner, small statui'e with 

 great beauty of appearance. Tliough 

 in high elevations of the European 

 Alps, where it is indigenous, it some- 

 times attains a height of one hundred 

 feet, we have read of no specimens in 

 American gai-dens reaching more than 

 twenty-five feet, and that with very 

 slow growth. The tree is pyramidal 

 in outline, and tlie color is silveiy 

 green. The seed is edible, and that 

 collected from a variety in Russia (var. 

 S(birica) is sold in the groceries, and 

 much relished by the peasants. 



THE UMBRELLA PINE 



is a novelty from Japan, and is known 

 botanically as Sciadopitys Verticillaia. 

 As it has only been in cultivation for 

 abjut twenty-five years, and is very 

 difficult of propagation, and slow in 



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THE UMBRELLA PINE. 



growth, it is as yet very rare and 

 costly. 



A valuable addition to the already 

 large number of kinds of maples culti- 

 vated for ornament in America, has 

 been made by the introduction of a 

 dwarf sppcies from Japan, some twenty- 

 seven years ago. Its technical name is 

 Acer fohjmorphnm, and from it many 

 beautiful varieties have arisen. Prob- 

 ably the best of all is 



THE BLOOD-LEAVED JAPAN MAPLE 



(acer ])olymorphum atropiirpurea ). The 

 foliage, early in th*^ season, is light 

 red, later it becomes darker, while 

 the second growth bears leaves resem- 

 bling the earlier ones. Another inter- 

 esting Japanese vai'iety is A. Japonicum 

 aureum, with rich yellow foliage, form- 

 a fine contrast to the former. Besides 

 these there are three or four other 



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