Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
69. Colorado Blue Spruce. (Abies pungens.) 
LEAF: 3’, needle-shaped, stiff, pointed, not 2-ranked ; foliage 
rich blue or sage color ; rare. 
70. Cryptomeria. (C. japonica.) 
LEAF: 1%’ or less, awl-shaped, very tapering, incurved, rather 
appressed, crowded on branch ; cone globular, peculiarly rough, 
the scales large at summit, surmounted by reflexed bristly points 
orteeth. (Pl. IV.) 
71. Juniper. (Juniperus sabina.) 
LEAF: \%’, slender, stiff, sharp-pointed, 4-whorled ; a pros- 
trate shrub with upright branches; fruit small, blue-black, berry- 
like. Middle Europe. 
72. Juniper. (Juniperus squamata.) 
Much like the last, but leaves less divergent from branch, and 
a more prostrate shrub. 
73. Heath-leaved Cypress. (Retinospora ericoides.) 
LreaF: Y%', awl-shaped, small, mot rigid, divergent from 
branch, crowded; cone globular, size of pea; foliage has a 
fluffy effect. Japan. (Pl. IV.) 
74. Cypress. Retinospora. (R. obtusa.) 
LreaF: Y' or less, small, much as in arborvite, above and 
below very small and ovate, the lateral quite large, blunt, keeled ; 
foliage with white 6loom beneath ; the berry-like cone size of pea, 
with 8 or 10 scales, 2 seeds under each. Var. aurea has young 
foliage with yellow or white variegation. Japan. (Pl. IV.) 
75. Cypress. Retinospora. (R. pisifera.) 
Lear: YY’ or less, small, much as in arborvitz, but all of 
about same size, those above and below ovate-pointed, the lateral 
keeled ; cone-berries like peas. Japan. (Pl. IV.) 
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