BULLETIN 



OF 



The New York Botanical Garden 



Vol- 14 ~ No. 51 



A GUIDE TO THE PINETUM 



By Edmund H. Fulling 



INTRODUCTION 



I. TO THE USE OF THE GUIDE 



This Guide has been prepared for the purpose of supplying to 

 students and others concerned some of the most interesting" and 

 important information regarding all the kinds of coniferous trees 

 growing in the Garden. About 3,000 of these trees, consisting of 

 approximately 225 different kinds, have gradually been collected. 

 They are planted according to two schemes. 



In the one, they are in groups botanically known as genera, such 

 as the Pines, the Spruces, and the Hemlocks. Each genus, in turn, 

 consists of one or more species as Red and White Pine, Norway 

 and Tiger-tail Spruce, and Canada and Japanese Hemlock. All 

 of these coniferous trees put together constitute the section of the 

 Garden known as the Pinetum. This is the area treated in the 

 Guide. 



In the second scheme, the trees have been mixed in various 

 places to form decorative plantings in which two or more genera 

 may occur. These plantings are to be described elsewhere. 



In the Pinetum there are eighteen different genera of trees and 

 the Guide is divided into as many parts. The location of these 

 genera will be determined from short descriptions and by maps. 

 The latter indicate a starting point and a suggested route of 

 progress through each group of trees. They also bear the names 

 of some of the trees on the various areas. Obviously, the size of 

 these maps does not permit mention of all the trees. Consequently, 

 those that are indicated should serve as guides to others associated 

 with them and mentioned in the text. 



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