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Blue Virginia Cedar {Juniperus Virginiana glauca). This 

 has a fragrant odor, much beauty, great hardiness, and a 

 habit of fast growth. The foHage is dark green, and the 

 branches are very compact. Splendid standing alone. 



Red Cedar. The ordinary, well-known kind. Good for 

 quick screens, windbreaks, etc., but gets thin in a few years. 



Indian Cedar (Cedrus Deodara). Has bluish green foliage 

 growing in bunches. Cones, 5 or 6 inches long, grow here 

 and there on the branches. The trees form broad-based 

 pyramids. Particularly adapted to southern conditions. 



Golden Plume-like Cypress. The young growth of 

 each season has the old-gold color which contrasts so richly 

 with the dark green of the older foliage. Small trees, pointed 

 and even in shape, useful for planting. 



Japanese Cypress. Known as Retinospora obtusa, and 

 famous as miniature trees. Naturally a perfect cone-shaped, 

 strong, miniature tree. Remains between 4 and 12 feet high 

 for many years. Can be trimmed into all shapes. Useful 

 for making up picturesque little landscapes in limited space. 

 Use a dozen or more of trees in a group, or plant two or three 

 on a bank, or about a walk. Fine also for growing in tubs or 

 in greenhouses. 



Cypress, Glory of Boskoop. Tall and slender; feathery, 

 fern-like, blue-green foliage; curving branches that droop 

 a little and never get very long. Entirely hardy south of 

 the 45th degree. 



Retinospora pisif era. One of the trees which the Japanese 

 use for clipping and twisting into odd shapes. It has bright 

 green foliage and drooping branches. R. pisifera aurea is 

 the same tree, but with new growth a rich golden yellow. 

 R. plumosa is the Japanese Plume Cypress, a thick little tree 

 with an egg-shaped outline; white R. plumosa aurea is this 

 same Plume Cypress with the new growth bright golden 

 yellow. This latter variety is one of the best of the golden 

 evergreens. 



Japanese Umbrella Pine. The botanical name of this 

 tree is Sciadopitys verticillata. It makes a narrow pyramid, 

 with the branches arranged around the stem like the roofs 

 on a Chinese pagoda; the foliage is similar to that of the firs, 

 with the deep green color of the boxwood. Hardy, and 

 very effective for specimen planting. 



English Yew. Hardy in the United States except the 

 northern tier of states. It is evergreen, but turns brownish 

 in winter, especially in the North. The trees do best in 

 partial shade, as among other evergreens. They produce 

 scarlet fruits that look Hke cherries, which hang on the 

 branches a long time. 



Irish Yew. Makes a narrow pyramid a foot wide and 3 

 feet high. 



JUNIPERS 



This is a family of evergreens which is very useful for 

 certain purposes. The varieties are nearly all small. They 

 grow fast for a few years, quickly reach 3 to 10 or more feet 

 high, then do not get any larger. All varieties, except Irish 

 Junipers are very hardy and are to be recommended for any 

 of the northern states. Some kinds grow almost straight up 

 and make a column a foot thick and 6 or 7 feet high. Other 

 kinds make pyramids or globes or have regular heads; and 

 still others are prostrate or trailing, covering the ground with 

 a mat or thick blanket. 



Irish Juniper. One of the most column-like evergreens. 

 The branches grow almost straight up, and a 7-foot tree will 

 be no more than 1 3^ feet thick. Neat, clean, green and formal; 

 sometimes winter-kills in northern states unless protected. 



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