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A MANUAL OP THE CONIFERS. 



be planted as a Memorial Tree on elevated ground. A. pinsapo may 

 be selected for a chalky and A. Douglasii for a loamy soil. 



To enable the young specimens selected for Memorial Trees to get 

 well established, especial attention should be given to the preparation 

 of the soil in the manner pointed out in page 328. The trees 

 should also be protected from the depredations of cattle, &c, by an 

 iron wire or wooden fence, if exposed to injury from those causes. 



IX.— CEMETERIES AND BURIAL GROUNDS. 



The following Coniferous trees and shrubs are recommended as 

 suitable objects for the improvement of Cemeteries and Burial 

 Grounds. Many of them present aspects especially in harmony 

 with the associations connected with these places, and all of them 

 are hardy and thrive generally in any ordinary soil. Those 

 marked (*) are suitable for avenues, and those (f) for graves. 



