Junipcrus communis hibcrnico 
Irish Juniper 
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JUNIPERUS: Juniper—Continued 
J. oxycedrus. PRICKLY JUNIPER. Mediterra¬ 
nean region. 12 ft. Bushy shrub or small tree 
with very slender branches. Leaves all needle-like, 
long, slightly flattened and marked with two glau¬ 
cous lines above. The whole plant has a very sil¬ 
very hue and graceful habit. 
J. phoenicea. PHOENICIAN JUNIPER. Medi¬ 
terranean region. 20 ft. Small tree with upright 
branches. Leaves usually needle-like and overlap¬ 
ping; bluish green, often very silvery. 
J. sabina. SAVIN JUNIPER. A dwarf spread¬ 
ing shrub, with partially trailing branches. Thrives 
in the poorest soil. 
J. virginiana glauca. BLUE VIRGINIA CEDAR. 
A very glaucous form of the so-called Eastern “Red 
Cedar.” The silvery color is quite pronounced and 
its habit graceful and pleasing. Very handsome 
tree. 
J. virginiana pfitzeriana. PFITZER’S JUNIPER. 
A new and very graceful variety. Develops a large 
number of long, slender, tapering shoots clothed 
with fine sage green foliage. Most of the leaves 
are minute and scale-like, but with here and 
there a few very silvery ones of the needle form. 
In all one of the most highly desirable Junipers. 
LIBOCEDRUS 
Large trees with foliage much like Thuya 
(Arbor Vitae). The native species is one of our 
handsomest conifers. 
L. chilensis. CHILEAN CEDAR. fin ft. Tree 
of spreading but compact growth. Foliage glau¬ 
cous green, marked with silvery lines beneath. A 
very graceful, attractive tree. 
L. decurrens. INCENSE CEDAR. WHITE CE¬ 
DAR. California and Oregon. 100 ft. A noble 
tree of vigorous, close growth and conical outline. 
Branches are spreading and ascending, clothed 
with compact, bright, glossy green foliage. Easily 
among the best of our specimen trees. 
PICEA: Spruce 
Symmetrical trees of straight, upright growth, 
with branches produced in whorls. Often con¬ 
fused with the Firs, from which they can very 
easily be distinguished by their leaves, which are 
borne on a very short leaf stalk instead of directly 
on the branch, as is the case with Firs. When 
the leaves finally drop the little stalks remain on 
the limbs, giving them a bristly appearance. 
Cones arc always pendant instead of erect and do 
not fall to pieces. Of great importance both ec - 
nomically and horticulturally. 
P. ajanensis. ADCOCK’S SPRUCE. Asia. 150 
ft. Growth erect. Branches stout and rigid. 
Leaves usually acute, sometimes blunt; pale green 
on one side with two faintly glaucous, shallow fur¬ 
rows; other side is glaucous with narrow, green 
ridge down the middle. 
P. alba coerulea. 100 ft. A silvery blue form of 
the White Spruce. Growth and general appearance 
like Norway Spruce, but entirely different in color, 
and bears very small cones. Not as silvery as 
Colorado Blue Spruce, but of much quicker growth. 
P. bicolor. TWO-COLORED SPRUCE. Japan. 
Very striking tree. Leaves green above, very sil¬ 
very beneath. Viewed from any direction, some 
branchlets show the green hue, others the silvery, 
making an unusual contrast. Subject to sunburn in 
hot localities. Growth slow here. 
P. engelmanni, ENGELMANN SPRUCE. Pacific 
Coast. 150 ft. Tree of regular pyramidal shape, 
with slender, spreading branches. Leaves acute, 
bluish green and very aromatic. Often confused 
with P. pungens, to which it is indeed very similar. 
P. excelsa. NORWAY SPRUCE. Europe. 150 
ft. A compact, symmetrical tree; the branches as¬ 
suming a graceful, drooping habit with age. Cones 
very large. Foliage light green in this climate. 
Extremely hardy and of rapid growth. The original 
Christmas tree of northern Europe. 
P. excelsa pendula. WEEPING NORWAY 
SPRUCE. A variety with decidedly drooping 
branches. Growth is very irregular and pictur¬ 
esque. 
P. maximowiezi. Similar in a general way to 
Picea polita, but smaller in all its parts and with 
duller green leaves. 
P. orientalis. ORIENTAL SPRUCE. Asia. 100 
ft. The most delicate and graceful of all the 
spruces. About the same color as Norway Spruce, 
but with more slender branches, shorter leaves, and 
far more compact. Grows very slowly and is the 
very best spruce for small grounds. 
P. polita. TIGER TAIL SPRUCE. Japan. 00 ft. 
A distinct Japanese species. It is of erect habit, 
and has sharply pointed, very rigid, bright green 
leaves, contrasting beautifully with the yellow 
branches. Excellent specimen tree for a lawn. 
P. pungens. COLORADO SPRUCE. Western 
United States. 100 ft. Regular, compact, pyramidal 
tree, with stout, horizontal, bright yellowish brown 
branches. Leaves rigid, very acute, varying from 
green to silvery white. Specimens having the sil¬ 
very hue well developed are considered to belong 
to the following variety. 
P. pungens glauca. COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE. 
A form of preceding with intensely glaucous, sil¬ 
very foliage. As a lawn tree it is unsurpassed for 
distinctiveness and beauty. 
P. pungens kosteriana. ICOSTER’S BLUE 
SPRUCE. Another glaucous variety of P. pungens 
with shorter leaves and more compact growth. 
Foliage extremely silvery. 
P. pungens kosteriana pendula. KOSTER’S 
WEEPING BLUE SPRUCE. A variety of preced¬ 
ing. differing in its weeping branches, some of 
which grow directly downward. The silvery hue is 
fully retained. Entirely unique. 
P. sitchensis. MENZIES SPRUCE. SITKA 
SPRUCE. North Pacific Coast. 100 ft. In form 
and habit similar to the White Spruce. Foliage 
very dense, of rich blue or sage color. From a dis¬ 
tance some branches appear greenish, others sil¬ 
very, forming very beautiful contrasts. 
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