tions range from rich yellow-green up to a 
glaucous blue. Branches are whorled or 
circled on the stem but not in the regular 
circles of spruce or other firs, also differs by 
having horizontal branches dip in the center 
and turning up at the end. The name 
pseudotsuga implies “like hemlock” or false 
hemlock, and it has been called about 
thirty varietal names from the “Red Fir” 
of lumbermen to Douglas Spruce. 
On the lawn edge it forms a distinctive 
pyramid holding its density through the 
years. While young it forms a good dense 
hedge and may be held to size by shearing 
twice a year. 
HEMLOCK 
(Tsuga Canadensis) 
Used ornamentally it gives some of the 
most pleasing effects by contrast that are 
usable. The branches sweep the ground, 
rising in an irregular spire that has a soft 
hazy effect especially in a breeze. It shows 
its most delightful contrast of colors in the 
spring. 
Hemlock likes rich moist soil and the 
partial shelter of other trees or a house dur¬ 
ing part of the day’s sun or wind. 
DOUGLAS FIR 
Attains 70 and occasionally 100 feet in 
height; young branchlets yellowish-brown, 
leaves dark green and obscurely grooved 
above, with 2 whitish bands beneath, 34 to 
2 A inch long; cones ovoid, 34 to M inch 
long. 
HEMLOCK 
SIBERIAN LARCH 
(Larix sibirica) 
A tree that grows with a 
foliage much different from 
other conifers. Short light-green 
leaves 34 inch long give it a 
feathery appearance. Rather 
short ascending branches on 
a straight slender stem that 
sometimes reaches 120 feet hi 
height. Branches are yellow 
colored, bark is regularly scored 
in a rather pretty pattern. 
Sheds its leaves in the fall; it 
is one of the first trees to show 
new foliage in the spring. 
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