CONTENTS 



PART I 



THE PLACE AND CARE OF CONIFEROUS (GYMNOSPERMOLS) 

 EVERGREENS GROWN FOR ORNAMENT 



CHAPTER PAGES 



I. The Coniferous Evergreens in the Landscape . 1-25 



The Background of the Forest .... Ralph S. Hosmer 2-6 



The Christmas-Tree Problem .... Ralph S. Hosmer 6-11 



The Natural Setting of Evergreens . . . 0. C. Simonds 11-13 



Evergreens in the Planted Landscape . . S. F. Hamblin 13-25 



11. Cultivation and Propagation of Conifers . . . 26-44 



The General Care and Handling of Evergreens .... 26-37 



Soils, manures, and mulches for conifers . John Dunbar 28-30 



The pruning of coniferous evergreens . . John Dunbar 30-31 



The transplanting of conifers . John Dunbar, Geo. P. Brett 31-33 



The moving of large evergreens .... Henry Hicks 33-37 

 Propagation of Coniferous Evergreens 



Frederick Ahrens, with notes by E. Bollinger 37-44 



III. Adaptation of Conifers 45-121 



Coniferous Evergreens in the Northeastern States 



John Dunbar 45-77 

 Experiences with Conifers in Southern Connecticut 



Geo. P. Brett 78-82 



Evergreen Conifers in Canada W. T. Macoun 83-102 



Coniferous Evergreens for the Middle West . E. Bollinger 102-116 



Conifers for the Pacific Slope Ernest Braunton 116-121 



IV. The Insects, Diseases, and Injuries of Orna- 



mental Conifers 122-166 



Insects of Coniferous Evergreens 



C. R. Crosby and J. B. Palmer 121-138 



Diseases and Injuries of Ornamental Conifers . F. Dickson 138-166 



Coniferous seedling diseases and injuries 140-144 



Diseases and injuries of older coniferous trees .... 144-161 



Tree surgery 161-165 



Fungicides 165-166 



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