■^ ESTBURY NURSERIES Evergreen Trees 



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HEMLOCK. For extensive planting of large-growing 

 Evergreens, we find the White Pine, White Spruce 

 and Hemlock certain to make large, noble, old 

 trees. They are native trees, well tested. Most 

 foreign varieties cannot be depended upon to 

 retain their beauty after 25 or 50 years. The Hem- 

 lock is the most graceful native Evergreen, with a 

 dark, pure green color all winter. For hedges it 

 is superior in color to any other Evergreen used 

 for that purpose. In bleak localities the outside 

 leaves are whipped off in winter, unless they are 

 planted with other trees, or are previously trimmed 

 to solid form. Large specimens in stock. For 

 illustration, see page 16. 



JUjNIFIiICi, Irish. A small columnar light green 

 tree. After a few years it becomes ragged. 

 Trailing Flat Cedar {Juniperus communis). 

 This forms a saucer-shaped mass of foliage 3 feet 

 high and 15 feet wide. A useful species for pic- 

 turesque planting on hillsides, and it may also be 

 used for borders to larger groups. The foliage is 

 light green, glaucous on the under side. 



PINE, "White. For description, see under cut, 

 page 16. 



Excelsa (Bhotan Pine). A Himalayan species, 

 closely resembling the White Pine. The leaves 

 are long, steel blue and pendulous. A unique and 

 beautiful lawn tree, which has proved itself hardy 

 and long-lived. 



Austrian {Pinus Austriaca). A vigorous and 

 hardy species, with long, coarse leaves. This and 

 the red cedar are the best for withstanding the 

 salt spray near the ocean or sound. See illustra- 

 tion on page 15. 



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WHITE PINE, showing: fibrous roots produced l)y ropt- 

 pruniuf. 



RETINOSPORA OBTUSA NANA. 

 (Dwarf Japan Cypress.) 



This is the variety which the Japanese grow in pots for 

 a century. A wierd little tree of irregular, picturesque 

 growth, and blaclc-green foliage. 



FINE, Bed, or Norway {Pinus resinosa). A tall 

 native tree, with long, dark green leaves. 



Mugfho {Pinus mughus). The Dwarf Mountain 

 Pine from the Alps has a unique place that cannot 

 be filled by any other tree. It is a broad, dome- 

 shaped bush of dark green color, growing 8 feet 

 high and 15 feet broad. For planting on baie hill- 

 sides, cliffs near the salt water, terrace banks, or 

 on small lawns, it is well adapted. 



Swiss Stone {Pinus Cembra). The color closely 

 resembles the blue-green of the White Pine, but is 

 lighter. It forms a small, narrow tree of compact, 

 slow growth. 



BETINOSFOBA (Japan Cypress). Developed by 

 the skillful Japanese gardeners into wide varia- 

 tion of tints and variegation, combined with deli- 

 cate fern-like spray, they make a beautiful group, 

 either alone or with other Evergreens, and bright- 

 barked shrubs. They are suitable for the smallest 

 lawns, or for winter decoration in tubs and pots. 

 Some varieties, as R. obtusa and R. viridis, are 

 large-growing. We have many kinds not listed. 



Flumosa viridis. This is a broad pyramidal bush, 

 with feathery, clear green foliage. Of this rapid- 

 growing variety we have plants 4 to 7 feet high, 

 and equally wide. 



Flumosa aurea (Golden Japan Cypress). The 

 favorite golden-foliaged Evergreen, as it is hardy 

 and vigorous. Large plants in stock. 



Filifera pendula (Weeping Japan Cypress) . This 

 forms a wide cone of delicate foliage, with thread- 

 like filaments curving gracefully from the tips of 

 the branches. It is very distinct. 



