Coniferous Evergreens 
These plants make beautiful individual lawn 
specimens. The different shades of green make 
striking effect when planted in masses, either when 
made up of a single kind, or of a number of differ¬ 
ent kinds. They make an excellent background for 
other shrubs and are of great value in foundation 
plantings. 
ARAUCARIA [1] excelsa. Norfolk Island Pine. 
Tropical. Pacific Isles. This is indeed one of the 
most striking and unusual appearing members 
of the pine family, having wide spreading 
branches growing horizontally from the main 
body of the tree, dark green in color and at¬ 
taining a height of forty feet. Particularly 
adapted to planting near the seashore, it also 
makes a very attractive tub specimen for patio 
use. 
A. Bidwillii. Bunya-bunya pine. A tall handsome 
tree very similar to the Araucaria excelsa in 
general structure differing mainly in that the foli¬ 
age is broad and very spiny. Very attractive 
when used as a single specimen. 
CALLITRIS. [2] Cypress Pine. Hardy. Australia. 
This group of handsome evergreen trees is par¬ 
ticularly valuable in Florida landscape planting 
because of their adaptibility to variety of soils 
and their compact symmetrical habit of growth. 
Thriving as they do on sand fills and in very dry 
situations we recommend them to the spruce pine 
section of the state where it is hard to grow other 
subjects. 
C. glaiica. This variety is very slender and tapering 
making it very desirable where one does not have 
room for a spreading tree. The blue-green foliage 
is very beautiful. 
C. verrucosa. Fine green foliage much resembling 
the cedar. Compact in growth and tapering to a 
true cone shape particularly desirable where a 
dense mass of coniferous foliage is wanted. 
CUPRESSUS. [3] Hardy. These lovely trees are 
among our most beautiful conifers. Most of them 
are quite rare and none of them are plentiful. 
C. Knightiana. Knight’s Cypress. Hardy. A tall tree 
of elegant appearance, with drooping, feathery 
branches. Has a very broad base, tapering toward 
the top to a cone shape. 
C. sempervirens. Italian Cypress (Cavannaugh 
type). Hardy. Slender and very tapering, with the 
branches lying close to the stem, it is one of our 
most attractive subjects for garden use when 
properly placed. Does not do well on very thin, 
sandy soils nor near the shore. 
JUNIPERUS. [4] Hardy. This interesting group of 
evergreen trees and shrubs varies greatly in 
habit, from tall, pyramidal trees to low, pros¬ 
trate or trailing shrubs. Practically all are valu¬ 
able ornamental plants, and the erect types are 
particularly useful on the lawn, either as single 
specimens or in groups. While they prefer a 
sandy, well-drained loam with a moderate amount 
of moisture, they will grow well even in dry, 
gravelly soil and are well adapted to windbreaks 
and hedges. 
J. barbadensis. Native Red Cedar. Hardy. A hand¬ 
some tree of dense, spreading habit. Being very 
salt-resistant, it is to be especially recommended 
for seacoast planting. 
J. chinensis. Chinese Cedar. Hardy. A very hand¬ 
some, much-branched, pyramidal shrub, some¬ 
times columnar in effect. Suited to a variety 
of soils and of easy growth. An excellent tub 
subject for larger decorative uses. 
J. chinensis Pfitzeriana. Pfitzer’s Cedar. Hardy. A 
new juniper of very ^aceful habit of growth. 
Rather low-growing, with horizontally spreading 
branches and sage-green foliage, it is very useful 
for bordering taller evergreens. 
J. procumbens. Trailing Cedar. Hardy. A low-grow¬ 
ing, prostrate shrub, branching close to the 
ground. The foliage is a beautiful dark green 
and very dense. Fine for terrace embankments, 
etc. 
PINUS [5] palustris. Native Yellow Pine. Hardy. 
This is the native Longleaf Pine that is so in¬ 
valuable in the Florida landscape. Owing to the 
difficulty in transplanting this subject, we have 
established some plants in pots and boxes. 
Thuja—Arborvitae 
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