OUR NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CONIFERS. S3 



In a bed where you wish them to grow. Cover with brush or 

 rubbish. Take It off the second spring when they wiil come up. 

 How long this rust wiil continue we cannot tell. But few Red 

 Cedars are being planted, while thousands are being cut down 

 yearly. 



Trailing Juniper. This trails on the ground and roots from 

 the limbs and so can be multiplied rapidly. Tou see much of 

 It In Eastern pastures, often reaching out and covering a space 

 twelve feet or a rod square. It is of no use, only here and there 

 one may do for ornament. You see another form, much more 

 beautiful"! think, growing in the Rockies and the Black Hills. 

 They succeed very well when transplanted to the plains. Jack- 

 son Dawson, Superintendent of Arnold Arboretum at Boston, 

 is our Eastern wizard. He can do almost anything he likes. He 

 put a trailing Juniper on the stem of a Red Cedar and made 

 an umbrella of it, selling It, as a curiosity, for $50.00. 



The American Larch or Tamarack. We have two forms of 

 this. One growing in the Sierras and the other in our Northern 

 swamps. In the early days in Minnesota we used to cut large 

 quantities for our log houses and framing timber. The trees 

 grow tall and straight and there Is a large burden to the acre. 

 They usually grow In swamps like the White Cedar; but they 

 are much n-iore hardy and I have some fine specimens growing 

 in York. I think we can depend on themi in many localities. 

 They are deciduous Conifers, dropping their leaves In the fall. 

 The companion tree of this class is the. 



Cypress. But this is a. Southern tree. I have seen it grow- 

 ing in Northern Illinois, and though I have often tried it in Ne- 

 braska 30 below zero does not seem to agree with it. Perhaps 

 a few out of a hundred might survive and it Is probable that 

 seedlings from the extreme Northern belt might succeed and 

 we could raise a few for variety, but we cannot depend on them. 

 The Most Prominent Conifers of the South. The Long 

 Leaved Pine — Pinus Palustrls. This is one of the most beauti- 

 ful trees. In form it is much like the Norway Pine, only the 

 needles are much larger. It grows very'straight, and is a thrifty 

 tice. I Wdin n'uch interested in watching the growth while I 

 w:is In Alabama. You often find a tuft of long, bright, green, 

 glossy Tipedles in the v.'oeds and grass. These needles would 

 be twelve to fifteen inches tall — a beautiful compact cluster. 

 Examine closely and you find them all coming out of one bud 

 close to the ground. This is a yearling tree. Next year the 

 bud is lifted perhaps a foot higher, and then year by year it 

 pushes upward, throwing out branches covered with those long 

 needles. A young, symmetrical tree presents a very striking 

 appearance. It is graceful In form and is covered with those 

 long plumes. These are larger on young, thrifty trees than on 

 the old ones. No tree seems more anxious to make a sawlog 

 than this. It retains its branches till a strong root system la 



