Finus pungens; coues in circle 
PINES, FIRS, HEMLOCKS AND OTHER EVERGREEN TREES, continued 
ILEX opaca. Amkkh ax lloi.i.v. 20 to GO ft. Makes a lieiiiniful tliick conieiil-.<liape<l tree with masses of 
scarlet berries diiriiif; winter. This is the famous Cliristmas Holly. 
JUNIPERUS communis. .U xipkh. 8 to 25 ft. Silvery foliage and dense, compact growth. Thrives in 
all soils. 
virginiana. 1{ed Cedar. ,35 to 100 ft. A most beautiful lawn tree and for border plantations. 
MAGNOLIA foetida (grandiflora). Great Southern Masnolia. 40 to 90 ft. The famous "(Jreat Magnolia," 
with hroad shiny foliasje and immense fragrant white tlon ers in .July. Hardy in Pliiladclphia. 
glauca. SwKET Bay. 3 to (iO ft. Deliciously fragrant flowers from .lune to Angnst. Perfectly hardy and 
one of our best native flowering evergreen trees in the South and a low deciduous shrub in New England. 
glauoa thompsoniana. ;!0 to 40 ft. A hybrid originating in Bron.v Park, N. Y., with deciduous leaves that 
wouhl probably be hardy in the extreme South. The large ilowers are borne in greatest profusion. 
PICEA canadensis (alba). White Spuvce. 60 to l.")0 ft. Both the green and the blue forms of this fine 
(dnifcr are unexcelled in beauty. The trees feather to the ground. 
engelmanni. KxtiELMAXN's Spui ce. CO to 100 ft. Rocky Mountains. A rare species of greatest beauty. 
llTider side of foliage light blue. 
mariana [nigra). Bi^ack Spkuce. 50 to 100 ft. Very fine dense evergreen, eventually making a well- 
shaped cone-like tree. 
pungens. Colorado Blue Spruce. 50 to 100 ft. Foliage silvery blue. One of the showiest of all Spruces 
and an elegant lawn tree, 
rubra. Ked Spui'ce. ."lO to 100 ft. Much like the Black Spruce, with larger and darker leaves. 
PINUS contorta. Twisted Pine. 40 to 100 ft. A rare species; rapid grower, producing very snuill cones, 
ponderosa. Westkkn Yellow Pine. 60 to 300 ft. A Colorado Pine of heavy growth and great size. Stands 
exposed situations well. 
pungens. Tahle Moi ntain Pine. ,'!0 to 60 ft. Cones persistent for many years, presenting an odd appear- 
ini''!-. Very desirable. 
resinosa. Red Pine. 75 to 1.50 ft. Growth somewhat like White Pine, with long needles. Of greatest 
value and beauty. 
strobus. White Pine. 60 to 175 ft. The tallest, most stately and perhaps the most beautiful of our eastern 
native conifers. Rapid growers and producing quick effect. Soft bluish green needles, 
flexilis. LiMBKK Pine. 40 to 60 ft. Stout liorizontal branches, formini; narrow open pyramid. 
PSEUDOTSUGA taxifolia. Douglas Spkuce. 75 to ,'iOO ft. A choice, rapid-growing Spruce with dark 
iri'eeu foliage. Elegant for lawn. 
THUJA occidentalis. AkborvitvE. 30 to 65 ft. One of our best hedge plants for tall hedges or wind-breaks. 
TSUGA canadensis. Hemlock. 50 to 100 ft. It can be a stately lawn tree, a wide-spreading shrub or a hedge 
plant, anil in each place it hardly has an equal. 
TSUGA CAROLmiANA. CAROLINA HEMLOCK. 40 to 80 ft. This grand new Hemlock, intro- 
duced by us, possesses a distinct pyramidal growth and attains a height of 40 to 80 ft. Its dense, 
dark foliage and graceful habit are approached only by some of the finer Japanese Hemlocks, 
which it somewhat resembles. Some fine specimens, nearly 20 feet high, are to be seen in the 
Arnold Arboretum, and are the first plants of this Hemlock ever sent out, being supplied by us to 
Prof. C. S Sargent, director, in 1884. 
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