GENEVA, NEW YORK 
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Norway Spruce Windbreak— Koster’s Blue Spruce in Foreground. 
CONIFEROUS EVERGREENS 
The following evergreens are mostly very hardy, and particularly adapted to our Northern and Western climates. 
Many of these make the most ornamental hedges and screens. 
Abies. Fir 
A. balsamea (Balsam Silver Fir). A very regular 
symmetrical tree, assuming the conical form even when 
young; leaves dark green above, silvery beneath. 
Canadensis (Hemlock) . An elegant pyramidal tree with 
drooping branches and delicate foliage; distinct from all 
other trees. It is a beautiful lawn tree and makes a highly 
ornamental hedge. 
Concolor (Concolor Fir). A distinct variety with yel- 
lowish bark on young branches, foliage long and light green. 
A handsome tree, none better. 
Nordmanniana (Nordman’s Silver Fir). Brought from 
Crimean mountains, pyramidal and compact; foliage heavy 
dark green, glossy on upper side and slightly blue and 
silvery on the under side of the numerous leaves. 
Nobilis (Red Fir). A native of the Cascade mountains 
of Washington and Oregon, where it grows frequently 250 
feet in height and six to eight feet in diameter. 
Douglasii syn. Pseudo tsuga taxifolia (Douglas Spruce 
or Red Fir). From Oregon and Washington. It grows 
to a height of 200 to 350 feet, with a diameter of six to 
twelve feet. Conical form, spreading branches, leaves 
light green above, glaucous beneath. 
Veitchii (Veitch’s Silver Fir). Resembles the Nord- 
marm’s Fir, though the silvery tint is more pronounced. It 
is hardy and makes one of the grandest of specimens. 
Foliage dark and massive. 
Cupressus. Cypress 
C. Lawsoniana (Lawson’s Cypress). A beautiful ever- 
green from California, with delicate fern-like foliage. 
Hardy in dry ground. 
lutea (Yellow or Golden Cypress). Of compact habit, 
with young growth, clear yellow. 
argentea (Silver Cypress). Of slender habit with very 
glaucous almost silvery foliage. 
Juniperus. Juniper 
Jimiperus Chinensis argentea or foemina variegata. 
Bluish green foliage, very dense, interspersed with silvery 
white. 
J. communis Hibemica (Irish Juniper). Very erect and 
tapering in its growth, forming a column of deep green 
foliage; a pretty little tree or shrub, and a general favorite. 
communis Suecica (Swedish juniper). A beautiful 
pyramidal, hardy evergreen with light or yellowish green 
foliage. It is quite hardy. 
var. tamaricifolia (Creeping Savin). Vd. Quite pros- 
trate, creeping over considerable space, line for rocks, 
walls and dry places. 
Sabina (Savin Juniper). A low, spreading tree, with 
handsome, dark green foliage; very hardy, and suitable for 
lawns and cemeteries. 
Ppamidal Juniper (See Thuya). 
Virginiana (Red Cedar). Tapering form, bright, rich 
green foliage. 
Picea. Spruce 
P. alba (White Spruce). A native tree of medium size, 
varying in height from 25 to 50 feet; of pyramidal form; 
foliage silvery gray, and bark light colored. 
Alcoequiana (Alcock’s Spruce). A Japan tree of the 
greatest value. It is hardy and retains its foliage well, 
being always of good form. The silvery tint of the lower 
