TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



EVERGREENS 

 PINE, continued 



comes from the town of Norway, Maine. We have several 

 car-loads of trees lo to 25 feet high, which have been 

 root-pruned where they have been growing wild in the 

 pastures. These can be shipped out in August and Sep- 

 tember, or in winter. 



Swiss Stone. P. Cembra. This is a compact, slow- 

 growing Pine, with blue-green foliage, suitable for places 

 where a tree about 15 feet high and 8 feet wide is wanted. 

 It is so slow in reaching this size, however, that it can be 

 used for planting in formal gardens or evergreen planting 

 where 4 to 6 feet is the size wanted. 



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r. p. flexilis. A promising Pine in the Rocky 



Mountain region, with blue-green foliage and long slender 



Limber. 



branches. 



Bhotan. P. excelsa. This is a close relative of the White 

 Pine, from the Himalayas. It has needles about twice as 

 long, which are bent and hang straight down. It winter- 

 kills under the same conditions that kill the California 

 Privet — a temperature of zero for several days in early 

 winter, after an autumn which has favored late growth. 



Jack, or Gray. P. divaricata; syn., P.Banksiana. This 

 grows in the same region as the Red Pine and on still 

 drier ground. It has dense, dark green foliage and wide- 

 spreading, picturesque branches. 



, Jersey. P. Virginiana; syn., P. inops. Similar to the 

 Jack Pine, with the same dense, dark foliage and pic- 

 turesque, wide-spreading branches. 



Pinus parviflora. var. glauca elegans. A beautiful little 

 Pine from Eastern Asia. It spreads more broadly than the 

 Swiss Stone Pine. We recommend its use on small places 

 where there is only room for a few choice specimens, and 

 at the edges of groves of White Pine. It is a good com- 

 panion to the Korean Pine. 



Bull, or Western Yellow. P. ponderosa, var. Jeffreyi. 

 This grows from Colorado westward, and has longer nee- 

 dles than the Austrian Pine, which are of a light sage-green. 



Pinus Massoniana. Native to Japan, this resembles 

 the Red and Austrian Pines. It is a sturdy, rugged tree, 

 with large, stiff needles fitting it for the most exposed 

 situations on the seashore and hill-top. We recommend 

 the use of some of our small plants in shelter-belt and 

 forest plantations. They grow rapidly and take care of 

 themselves. 



Table Mountain. P. pungens. Sturdy tree, native to 

 dry mountain-slopes in Pennsylvania and southward. It 

 resembles the Pitch Pine. 



Mugho, or Mountain. P. montana, var. Mughus, 

 This differs from all other Pines in having no leader. It 

 forms a big, hemispherical bush, varying in height from 

 2 to 10 feet, and usually twice as broad as high. It is 

 perfectly hardy, and can be. used for a great variety of 

 situations. On steep banks, it will make a solid carpet of 

 green. In beds of evergreens, along roads where it is 

 desirable to have a view over the tops, this could be planted. 

 For basal planting at the foundation of a house, the Mugho 

 Pine makes one of the most economical of evergreens, 

 because it will cover a larger area at less expense than 

 Boxwood, Retinospora, or Yew. To prevent its getting 

 too large, nip back in May and early June. A greater 

 number of buds for the next year's growth will then be 

 formed. Mugho Pine may, of course, get too large for 

 the situation in ten or fifteen years. It may then be taken 

 out and replaced by smaller plants. 



We have a large stock of Mugho Pine which we root- 

 pruned last year. 



JAPANESE UMBRELLA PINE 



Sciadopitys verticillata 



This is as different from the true Pine as any evergreen 

 can be. Botanically, it is a puzzle, but it appears to belong 

 to the Coniferse, or cone-bearing family. For formal 

 garden planting, or a specimen in a bed of evergreens, or 

 as a rare evergreen in a collection, this will always attract 

 attention and appear in harmony. It makes a narrow 

 pyramid 10 feet high and 4 feet broad not unlike the 

 Pyramidal Boxwood in color and texture. The foliage is 

 arranged in whorls like ribs of an umbrella. Each leaf is 

 yi inch wide and 4 inches long, of the dark green charac- 

 teristic of the Boxwood, Yew and Palm. It appears to be 

 free from winter-killing, but it looks like a plant that re- 

 pays having plenty of food and water; probably the con- 

 ditions that suit Boxwood and Rhododendrons rather 

 than the conditions for Pitch Pine. 



An important problem in American cemeteries is the separation of various monuments and mausoleums. These Pines 

 and Cedars were taken from the wild growth on Long Island and moved on a barge across Long Island Sound and planted la 

 Woodlawn Cemetery. 



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