CONIFERS FOR LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



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Pinus silvestris fastigiata and P. sil- 



vestris aurea 

 Pinus densiflora 



„ flexilis; a Eocky Mountain 



Pine and the most valuable timber 



tree of Central Nevada. 

 Pinus Bungeana, the Lace-bark Pine 



of China 



Pinus Balfouriana, the Calif ornian 



Fox-tail Pine 

 Pinus koraiensis 



„ parviflora 



,, edulis, the Pinon or Nut Pine ; 

 a small compact-growing tree, whose 

 large edible seeds furnish to the 

 Indians a valuable article of food ; 

 it occurs wild from Colorado to 

 New Mexico and Arizona. 

 Pinus monophylla, another species 

 called the Nut Pine ; a small, 

 bushy, compact-growing tree, in a 



wild state attaining a height of from 

 10 to 20 feet, with a trunk some- 

 times 2 feet in diameter ; the large 

 edible seeds are invaluable to the 

 Indians of the " Great Basin," and 

 are their principal article of food. 



Pinus Gerardiana, a species from Af- 

 ghanistan, is also of great import- 

 ance as a food-producer to the 

 natives of the districts where it 

 grows wild; in cultivation, as far 

 as my experience goes, however, 

 this seems to barely do more than 

 exist; our Kew plants are small, 

 miserable objects, and do worse 

 than any other Pine cultivated in 

 the open air in the Eoyal Gardens. 

 Can anyone furnish more favourable 

 particulars of this interesting Pine ? 



Tsuga Sieboldii 

 „ Pattoniana 



Conifers which have been found to succeed 

 ON Chalk, 



Norway Spruce 

 Cedrus atlantica 



Abies Pinsapo "1 These do won- 



,, cephalonica > derfully well 



„ nobilis J also on peat 

 Pinus austriaca 

 Laricio 



„ Pinaster 



„ silvestris 



„ excelsa . 



„ insignis 

 Larix europaea 



„ leptolepis 

 CbamaBcyparis Lawsoniana 

 „ nutkaensis 



Cupressus macrocarpa (the Monterey 

 Cypress). This requires more 

 shelter than the rest of those 

 named. Both this and the Mon- 

 terey Pine (Pinus insignis) are 

 limited to a few miles of the 

 Monterey coast. 



Biota orientalis, the Chinese ArborvitsB 



Thuya gigantea 



Thuya occidentalis, the common 

 ArborvitaB of eastern North America 



Junipers, most of the species 



Yews, most of the species and very 

 numerous varieties 



Ginkgo biloba 



The Wellingtonia {Sequoia gigantea) and Deodar also thrive 

 on chalk, but neither has, as a rule, come up to the expectations 

 of the planters of from twenty to thirty years ago. For landscape 

 purposes both have, in thousands of instances, proved useless. 

 Neither can stand a v/indy, exposed situation, and the Deodar 

 frequently begins to grow too early and is cut by late frosts. A 

 form of the Deodar {Cedrus Deodar a, var. rohusta), with larger 

 leaves of a darker green colour, begins to grow much later than 

 the type, and is more valuable as a hardy ornamental tree. 

 Probably this is a geographical form, and not a mere garden 

 sport. The Wellingtonia appears to like a warmer climate than 



