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ALBANY NURSERIES 
Conifer a: EVERGREEN TREES. 
Abies: FIR. 
Trees of pyramidal habit with wide- 
spreading horizontal limbs bearing thick 
foliage masses. -Generally speaking they 
require oool positions for best success. 
They are usually of slow but persistent 
growth and highly shade enduring. They 
do best in a deep rather moist soil. Few 
insects attack them. 
A. concolor. COLORADO SILVER or 
WHITE FIR. A narrow pyramidal tree of 
graceful habit. It is known as a silver fir, 
from the pale foliage and gray bark of its 
branches. In a way its appearance at a dis- 
tance is similar to that of the Colorado Blue 
Spruce. It is very ornamental with its long 
soft, gray-green needles and splendid form. 
It is of rapid growth and without any 
troubles. As an accent in an evergreen 
planting it is unsurpassed. 
A. grandis. GRAND FIR. Native of the 
Pacific Coast. This is a stately tree with 
slender trunk, limbs sweeping outward in 
raceful curves. The needles are thin, 
exible, deeply grooved; apple green above 
and silvery lined. The contrast of the dark 
green with the silvery white in the foliage 
makes the tree cheerful in the extreme. 
A. Douglasii. (Common COMMERCIAL 
FIR.) See Pseudotsuga taxifolia. 
ARAUCARIA. 
A. imbricata. MONKEY PUZZLE CHILI 
PINE. A tree of very unusual appearance 
and one that attracts everyone’s attention. 
Its habit of growth is open, trunk is 
straight, the branches are coarse, blunt in 
regular whorls, the leaves are broad, short 
and triangular, very sharp, over-lapping 
like shingles, closely surrounding the trunk 
and branches. There is no other tree simi- 
lar to it. 
Cedrus; CEDAR. 
The true cedars are large trees from 
Africa, Asia Minor and India and hence 
are well suited to the Pacific Coast and 
southern climates. Very distinct and pict- 
uresque in form, with a stately, wide- 
spreading habit and rigid foliage in fasci- 
cles, cones erect. They need well drained 
soil and are subject to no special troubles. 
To be used mainly for specimen trees. 
C. Atlantica. SILVER CEDAR, MT. AT- 
LAS CEDAR. North Africa. 120 feet. 
The hardiest. Large pyramidal form, 
rather open and upright. 
Var.glauca. BLUE MT. ATLAS CEDAR. 
Similar to the above in form, with intensely 
glaucous or silvery needles. 
C. deodora. DEODOR, INDIAN or HIM- 
ALAYAN CEDAR. From the Himalaya 
Mts. ; pyramidal form, with somewhat 
pendulous branch tips with bluish green, 
very long (2 inches) rigid needles. It makes 
a rapid growth and is light, airy and grace- 
ful as a lawn tree. 
Chamaecyparis: CEDAR. 
A genus of medium-sized to tall, highly 
ornamental trees, which are characterized 
by the broad, flattened sprays of foliage 
and pyramidal habit, with erect branches. 
The foliage is variable and changes with 
age; the young form, which largely gives 
rise to many nursery forms (Retinispora), 
is linear and sometimes sharp pointed. 
These are especially fine in masses. Moist 
sandy soil is generally preferable; they are 
somewhat shade enduring. 
Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana. LAWSON 
CYPRESS. PORT ORFORD CEDAR. Ore- 
gon and California. This is a well known 
species, having excellent graceful foliage 
and pendulous branch tips — an arborvitae 
foliage with Hemlock habit. It is extreme- 
ly variable, giving rise to over sixty forms, 
with various color and habit, from which 
we have selected the three best types for 
propagation, 
Var. alumi. A variety having a dense 
growth and columnar habit. Foliage very 
glaucous, with a decidedly bluish metallic 
hue. 
Var. erecta viridis. A remarkably hand- 
some variety differing in its color and com- 
pact growth. The branchlets all stand ver- 
tically and close together. The foliage is a 
clear rich green with no glaucous mark- 
ings. It develops into a beautiful symmet- 
rical specimen for individual planting. 
RETINISPORA. 
These Japanese plants, juvenile forms of 
Chamaecyparis, widely cultivated in many 
horticultural forms, were assigned to a 
separate genus by certain authorities, 
others consider them as Chamaecyparis or 
Thuja. These evergreens in youth have 
different foliage from that of the adult 
trees— a sufficient reason for confusion. 
Even though the botanical affinities have 
established them as Chamaecyparis, the 
trade name will probably remain Retinis- 
pora, and people will plant these handsome 
evergreens in increasing numbers as such. 
