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clipping and cutting down, and capable of forming a wall-like 

 hedge, a dozen feet in height, in a very short time. Juniperus 

 chinensis (mas) is equally good, but, being a more compact 

 grower, it does not spread so rapidly. When in flower, this 

 beautiful Juniper is unsurpassed by the very best of the numerous 

 family, J. virginiana. Cedrus deodara and Thuja occidentalis 

 also submit to the knife and shears, and so does Cupressus 

 macrocarpa, where it can be planted in safety. For forming 

 smaller hedges, Thujopsis dolabrata, Biota compacta aurea, 

 Cupressus erecta viridis, Retinospora obtusa, and R. pisifera 

 are well adapted. The best time to prune Conifers is imme- 

 diately after the growth has ceased or very early in the spring. 

 If pruned in summer, not only are they deprived of their greatest 

 charm, but, being liable to bleeding, hard cutting at this time 

 may kill them. 



A few choice Conifers 



gardens : — 



Abies Englemanni glauca 



„ Hookeriana or Pattoniana 

 „ tsuga 

 Pinus contorta 

 ,, Bungeana 

 „ Cembra 

 ., parviflora 

 Sciadopitys verticiiiata 

 Cryptomeria elegans 

 Cupressus erecta viridis 



,, nutkaeusis argentea 

 Biota filipendula 



orientalis aurea 

 „ ,, compacta anrea 



„ „ elegan- 



[tissima 



moderate growth for small 



Retinosporas, all the 

 Thujopsis dolabrata 

 J uniperus rigida 



,, excelsa 



chinensis (mas) 



„ drupacea 



,, suecica 



,, hibernica 



„ thurifera 



„ virginiana glauca 

 Taxus adpressa 



„ baccata fastigiata 

 „ „ eleganlissima 



Cephalotaxus pedunculata 

 Prumnopitys elegans 



The best Conifers for belts or screens are :■ 



Abies excelsa 

 „ nigra 



„ Nordinanniana 

 „ canadensis 



Douglasii 

 Pilus Laricio 



Pinaster 

 „ strobus 



Tinus sylvestris 

 ,, austriaca 

 Thuja Lobbi 

 Juniperus virginiana 



„ chinensis 

 Taxus baccata 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana 



,, nutkaensis 



Diseases. — Conifers, like other trees, are liable to be affected, 

 and not unfrequently killed, by disease, as has been so seriously 

 exemplified in the common Larch. The fungoid growth which 

 commences at the roots, and spreads upwards through the layers 



