96 THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS 



From most sources it would prove too tender, but if obtained 

 from the coldest districts where it grows wild it might succeed. 

 This was long listed as T. Mertensiana in Canadian hsts of 

 plants. 



Black hemlock, Tsuga Mertensiana, is a native of the moun- 

 tainous and western coast regions of British Columbia. It is 

 a rather small tree as it grows in Canada, with bluish-green 

 foliage, and is quite ornamental, but has been little cultivated 

 as yet. This may be grown successfully in eastern Canada if 

 specimens are obtained from the coldest part of its range. 



The junipers. 



The junipers are not planted widely for ornament in Canada. 

 Although some may not be particularly attractive, others 

 make good lawn specimens and the low-growing sorts are very 

 useful for covering banks or for rocky places. They are of 

 comparatively little value for their wood in Canada, as none 

 of them becomes more than a small tree and, except Juniperus 

 scopulorum, are little more than shrubs at the best. 



The savin, Juniperus Sabina, and its varieties, is the most 

 generally useful juniper for ornamental planting in Canada. 

 The vars. cupressifolia and tamariscifolia should be much more 

 extensively employed where low-growing evergreens are 

 desired. They are particularly effective when covering steep 

 slopes or planted among rocks or in sandy places, where they 

 look much at home. These varieties sometimes reach a height 

 of three to four feet, but often grow close to the ground. They 

 are dense in habit, very effective in a mass, and are quite 

 hardy, doing well in the prairie provinces. The type has 

 reached six feet in height at Ottawa. 



The common juniper, Juniperus communis, has many 

 varieties. The commonest one in Canada in most of, if not all. 



