376 THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS 



All plants marked IS (semi-evergreen North) should be more than semi-evergreen, 

 or even wholly evergreen, in the South and on the west coast. The latter region is also 

 the natural home for cone-bearing evergreens and all kinds succeed remarkably there. 

 Taylor and Cooper in "The Complete Garden" call attention to two marked exceptions 

 in broad-leaved evergreens for Oregon and Washington. These are Camellia japonica 

 which is much planted in the South, and Kalmia latifoUa which is native in the North- 

 east and there considered one of the best broad-leaved evergreens. Neither of these 

 plants is proving successful in Oregon and Washington. 



Aarons Beard. See Hypericum calycimmi. 

 IBPS Abelia grandiflora (A. rupestris, Hort.). Hybrid Abelia. Graceful arching 

 shrub to 8 ft. E. and cent. Asia. Cult. South and Calif., and hardy north 

 to Phila. 

 2BT Aberia caffra. See Dovyalis caffra. 



Note. — No Abies seem to succeed in the South except in the mts. 

 Abies baborensis. See A. numidica. 

 IR Abies balsamea. Balsam Fir. Tree 50-80 ft. E. N. Amer. from Labrador to 

 Iowa. 

 Abies brachj'phylla. See A. homolepis. 



Abies cephalonica. Tree 60-70 ft. Mt. Enos on Isle of Cephalonica. 

 IPR Abies cilicica. Tree 45-60 ft. High elevations in Asia Minor. 

 1 Abies concolor (A. Parsonsiana, Hort.). White Fir. Tree 100-250 ft. S. Ore. 



to Low. Calif. Best and commonest fir in northern plantings. 

 IR Abies Fraseri. Eraser Fir. She Balsam. Tree 30-50 ft. Mts. of Va., Tenn., 



and N. C. Resembles the more northern balsam. 



1 Abies homolepis (A. brachyphylla) . Nikko Fir. An excellent new type from 



Japan, as hardy as A. concolor. These two are the best firs in northern 

 plantings. 

 IP Abies Nordmanniana. Nordmann Fir. Tree 100-150 ft. Mts. south and 



southeast of Black Sea. Has rich dark foliage but is a little tender North. 



2 Abies numidica (A. baborensis). Algerian Fir. N. Afr. 



2 Abies Pinsapo. Spanish Fir. Tree to 80 ft. Mts. of Spain. Not hardy north 



of the Middle States. 

 1 Abies Veitchii. Tree 80-100 ft. Mts. of cent. Japan. A beautiful tree next to 



A. concolor and A. homolepis in northern plantings. 

 2BT Abutilon striatum. Shrub S. Brazil to Buenos Aires. Cult. Calif. 

 2B Acacia armata (A. undulata. Mimosa paradoxa). Kangaroo-Thorn. Shrub 



7-11 ft. Australia. Cult. South and Calif. 

 2BT Acacia Baileyana. Shrub or small tree from Australia. Cult. Calif. 

 2B Acacia cultriformis (A. cultrata). Tall shrub. Australia. Cult. Calif. 



2B Acacia Farnesiana (A. leptophylla). Popinac. Cassie. Branching shrub 6- 



10 ft. Asia, Afr., S. W. U. S., Australia. Cult. Fla. and Calif. 

 2BT Acacia longifolia. Sydney Golden Wattle. Tall shrub or small tree. Australia. 



Cult. Fla. and Calif. 

 2B Acacia melanoxylon. Blackwood Acacia. Pyramidal tree. Succeeds in alkali 



soil. Breeder of citrus-scale. Cult. Calif. 

 2B Acacia pravissima. Small tree 15-20 ft. Australia. Cult. Calif. 



2B Acacia pycnantha (A. petiolaris). Broad-leaved W'attle. A small tree with 



somewhat pendulous branchlets. Australia. One of the hardiest acacias in 



Calif. 

 2B Acacia retinodes. Tall shrub or small tree. Alkali resisting. Australia. Cult. 



Calif. 



