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Juniper, Irish (./. Flibernica). Its upright, formal habit, like a 
column, renders it unique and very ornamental. 
prostrate (J- prostrata, or procumbens, ( r repens) . A hardy, native 
variety, of dense, prostrate habit, in symmetrical circles, often 20 
feet in diameter; foliugc very dark above, silvery-white beneath. 
red cedar {/. Virginiana). A native tree, of dark-green color, 
perfect form, and growing 30 to 40 feet high. 
Swedish (J- Suecica). In form and habit resembling the Irish, 
but ofa paler color; quite hardy, and makes a perfect specimen. 
Pine, Austrian (Pi'nus .^usfnaca). A perfectly hardy, dark-green, 
strong-growing variety, with long stiff pins ; a most valuable 
kind, especially in exposed places, for shelter. 
Bhotan {P- exceha). A Himalayan species, with long, slender, 
silvery foliage. $1. 
Scotch (P. si/lveslris). A hardy, rapid, rigid-growing kind, of 
light-green color; valuable for shelter. 
Swiss stone (P. cmbra). Of medium, compact, slow, conical 
growth; perfect form ; daik-green color ; admirable. SI. 50. 
white (P. strobus). The well-known native tree, with graceful, 
slightly silvery foliage ; /apid, hardy, and desirable. 
Retinispora, heath-leaved (/?. ericoides). A small, dense, com- 
pact evergreen, of t'/e Cypress type, introduced from Japan ; its 
delicate bright-grciin leaves changing to rod in winter. Not per- 
fectly hardy. 
pea-firuited (R. pisifcra). A small, upright, slender-growing 
tree, wiih sharp glaucous leaves. 
pea-fruited, golden {R- plsifera aurea). More hardy than the 
preceding, and having the tips of its branches ofa bright golden- 
yellow hue; which color continues, and makes it conspicuously 
fine. $1. to %2 
Spruce, black (Abies nigra). A native species, growing to 75 feet 
in height ; foliage dense, dark green ; habit not satisfactory, 
inverted {A.invnla). The branches are perfectly pendulous; the 
leaves being larger and brightergreen than in its type, the Nor- 
way. $1. 
Menzie's {A. MemieaH). A desirable variety from the Pacific 
( oast, of n silvery color. $2. 
Norway (A. exceha). Considering its hardiness, vigor in nearly 
all soils, its dense, regular, graceful habit, it is undoubtedly the 
most valuable of all evergreens for general use. 
white {A. alba). A most admirable native species of compact 
regular, conical liabit, with bluish, silvery foliage. 
