xiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACING 



XXIII. A California planting. — Sequoia sertifervirens in center; ^'^^^ 



Italian cypress {Cupressus sempervirens var. stricta) 



clipped into formal shape for about thirty years . . 149 



XXIV. Spreading cryptomeria (Cr^/ptommajapomca var. eie^an*) . 156 

 XXV. Nikko fir {Ahies hoviolepis) 165 



XXVI. Good young plant of Algerian fir {Abies numidica) . . 172 



XXVII. Cilician fir {Abies cilicica) 181 



XXVIII. White fir {Abies concolor) 188 



XXIX. Thrifty young specimen of Douglas fir {Pseudotsuga taxi- 

 folia) 197 



XXX. Handsome cones oi the T>ouglas fir {Pseudotsuga taxifolia) . 204 



XXXI. Carolina hemlock (r.*fM(/a caroZmm?ia) 229 



XXXII. Canada hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis). Above, var. compacta. 



Below, var. pendula 236 



XXXIII. An old Norway spruce {Picea Abies or P. excelsa) . 245 



XXXIV. Norway spruce {Picea Abies). Top, the foliage. Center, 



var. Clanbrasiliana. Below, left, var. pendula right, var. 



microsperma 252 



XXXV. Alcock spruce {Picea bicolor) 257 



XXXVI. Wliite spruce {Picea glauca or P. alba) 272 



XXXVII. Engelmann spruce {Picea Engelmanni), with inset of same 



as grown at Ottawa, Ontario 276 



XXXVIII. Colorado spruce {Picea pungens) 285 



XXXIX. Golden-larch {Pseudolarix amabilis) 293 



XL. An old cedar of Lebanon {Cedrus libani) near New York City 300 



XLI. The Deodar cedar {Cedrus Deodara) 309 



XLII. A good specimen of Austrian pine {Pinus nigra) . .316 



XLIII. The Torrey pine {Pinus Torreyana) at home, near San Diego 320 



XLIV. American holly {Jlex opaca) 337 



XLV. The autumn beauty of rhododendrons. — Seen before the sun 



was on them 341 



XL VI. The bloom of rhododendrons, with background of conifers 348 



XLVII. Broad-leaved evergreens. — Pieris and rhododendron . . 357 



XL VIII. The mountain laurel ( Kalmia latifolia) 364 



