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Juniper {JuHiperus.) 
Virginian (virgiuiana.) The Red 
Cedar. A well known Ameri- 
can tree, varies much in habit and 
color of foliage, some being quite 
stiff, regular and conical, and 
others loose and irregular. It 
makes a fine ornamental hedge 
plant. 
tViRiDis Pendula. A very hand- 
some pendulous variety. 
Virginiana Pyramidalis. An up- 
right growing variety of the Vir- 
giniana, very compact; distinct 
and fine. §1. 
t Virginian a Variegata. A vig- 
orous variety of the Red Cedar, 
with foliage deeply variegated 
with a golden yellow. $2. 
Libocedrus. 
+*Chilensis. Chili Libocedrus, or 
Arbor Vita?; distinct silver}- foli- 
age. $1. 
+*Decurrens, (of Torrey,) from Cali- 
fornia. A very beautiful tree. 
Very fine plants, of different 
sizes. 81 to S3. 
Pines {Finns.) 
Sec. 1. Usually with two leaves in 
a sheath. 
Austrian or Black (Austiiaca.) A 
remarkably robust, hardy, spread- 
ing tree ; leaves long, stiff and 
dark green ; growth rapid ; valu- 
able for this country. See cut, 
page 33. 60c. to $1. 
Dwarf or Mountain (pumilio.) A 
low, spreading, curious species, 
attaining only the size of a bush ; 
foliage similar to that of the 
Scotch. $1. 
tMucHO. An upright, small pine, 
found on the Pyrenees and Alps. 
Its general form is that of a pine 
bush, but it has been found grow- 
ing as high as 40 feet. $1. 
f Mugho Rotundata. Of more up- 
right growth than the dwarf, and 
with roundish cones. Is a native 
of Tyrol, where it forms a small 
tree. $1 to 82. 
Red or Norway Pine (resinosa.) A 
fine native species, distinguished 
by its reddish bark ; the leaves 
are a dark green and generally in 
bunches at the ends of the 
branches. $1. 
Scotch Pine (syfotstrit.) A fine, 
robust, rapid growing tree, with 
stout, erect shoots, and silvery 
green foliage. 
Pines (/'huts.) 
fS.ALZM ann's Pine ^fonspeliensis.) 
A noble tree, leaves six to seven 
inches long and of a bright green 
color; branches are stout, num- 
erous and thickly covered with 
foliage. As vigorous a grower as 
the Austrian, and of much more 
picturesque form. A specimen 
on our grounds is 25 feet high. 
81 to 82. 
Pines. Sec. II. Usually with three 
leaves in a sheath. 
|Bentham's Pine (Bcnt/tamiana.) 
From the elevated districts of 
California ; a noble tree, attaining 
the height of 220 feet, with a cir- 
cumference of 28 feet, and leaves 
10 inches long. It is a rapid 
growing tree, as hardy as our 
Northern Pines, of a fine dark 
green color It is said to be the 
most valuable of all the California 
Pines for timber. $2. 
f Bungeana. The Lace Bark Pine, 
known also as the skin-shedding 
Pine, because of its shedding its 
bark every season. When fully 
grown this Pine is very ornamen- 
tal. It has a thick trunk rising 
to the height of 3 or 4 feet, but at 
this point eight or ten branches 
spring out and rise perpendicu- 
larly to the height of 80 or 100 
feet. The bark is milky white 
and peals offlike an Arbutus. 82. 
f Heavy Wooded Pine (ponderosa.) 
This also is a noble tree, attain- 
ing the height of 100 feet, found 
abundantly on the northwest 
coast of America and California. 
It is perfectly hardy here. Speci- 
mens in our grounds are upwards 
of 20 feet in height. It is a rapid 
grower ; the leaves 8 to 10 inches 
in length, and of a silvery green 
color. The wood is said to be 
very heavy and valuable. 82 to 
$3. 
tjEKFREYS(7</>vjv.) This is anoble 
.Pine, with deep bluish green 
leaves. It grows 150 feet high in 
North California. $1 to 82. 
Pines. Sec. III. Usually with five 
leaves in a sheath. 
' f Lamuert's Pine (LamierHana.) A 
mammoth tree, with stiff, yellow- 
ish-green leaves from 4 to 0 inches 
long. It is a native of California, 
where it attains a height of 200 
feet and a circumference of 60 
feet. Adapted to forming a back- 
ground or planting singly, fl 
to 82. 
