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Bald cypress, Taxodium distichum. 



Not entirely hardy in New Yorl<. Becomes scraggly after fifteen or twenty 

 years. 



Butternut, Juglans cincrca. 



Walnut, J. nigra. 



Ailantus, Ailanius glandiilosus. 



A rapid grower, with large pinnale leaves. The staminate plant possesses a 

 disagreeable oder when it flowers. Suckers badly. 



B. Coniferous Evergreens. 



Norway spruce, Picea excelsa. 



Loses much of its peculiar beauty when thirty or fitly years ofage. 



White spruce, /'. alba. 



One of the finest of the spruces. .\ more compact grower than the last,' and not 

 so coarse. Grows slowly. 



Oriental spruce, P. orientalis. 



Especially valuable from its habit of holding its lowest limbs. Grows slowly. 

 Blue fir, P. punge}is. 



In color probably the finest of the conifers. Grows slowly. Varies in blueness. 

 Nordmann's fir. Abies Nordmanniana. 

 Balsam fir, A. balsamea. 



Loses its beauty in fifteen or twenty years. 



Hemlock spruce, Tsuga Canadensis. 



Young and well ^rown specimens are the most graceful of our evergreens. V 

 given some protection from the sun it does better. Should -theretore be planted 

 near large trees. 



Arbor-vitse, Thuja occidentalis. 



Becomes unattractive after ten or fifteen years, especially on poor soils. 



Cembran pine, Pinus Cembra. 



A very fine slow growing tree. The only pine suitable for smal'l places. 

 White pine, P. Strobus. 

 Scotch pine, P. syvestris. 



Red pine, P. resinosa. 



Valuable in groups and belts. Not sufficiently known. Usua.ly called "Norway 

 pine. " 



Scrub pine, P. Banksiana. 

 A small tree. Picturesque. 

 Red cedar, Juniperus Virginiana. 



A. Deciduous Trees. 



