CONIFEROUS EVERGREENS 
HESE plants make beautiful individual lawn specimens. 
The different colors—yellow, green, dark green and 
blue-green—give a striking effect planted in masses, 
when groups are made up either of a single kind or of a number 
of different kinds. They make an excellent background for 
other shrubs and are of great value in foundation plantings. 
For hedges they are unsurpassed. In planting for a hedge, 
they should be given more distance than other hedge plants; 
4 to 5 feet apart is not too much. As plants for porches or 
porch steps, they are very satisfactory. They are hardy and 
long lived. The conifers grown at Glen Saint Mary and offered 
to our customers have been tested for many years, and the 
list embraces the finest material for Southern planting. 
While the coniferous evergreens belong to a number of 
different genera, the following three contain many of the most 
important and beautiful varieties suited to southern gardens. 
Arborvitze. These are classified as Thuyas by botanists 
ARBORVITAE 

and are also listed as Biotas in some nursery catalogues. Most 
of those used in the South belong to the species Thuya orien- 
talis, native in China and Korea. They are beautiful shrubs of 
compact, symmetrical growth, especially suited for formal 
gardening when used alone or for mass and foundation plant- 
ings when combined with other shrubs. The Thuyas are 
hardy and thrive on any moderately good soil. 
Junipers. This group of conifers is represented in Southern 
gardens by many beautiful varieties. They are particularly 
well adapted to our soil and climatic conditions and are 
always dependable. 
Retinosporas. Botanists know these by the generic name 
Chamecyparis. Those commonly found in Southern gardens 
are mostly varieties of C. pisifera, a native of Japan. Their 
forms are many and varied, and in leaf colorings there are 
many shades. A number of lovely varieties are adapted to 
Southern conditions. 
ARAUCARIA 
Aurea conspicua. Deep yellow to golden 
color, often varying to green. Tall, com- 
pact, and upright. Sizes up to 6 feet. 
Aurea nana. Compact, rounded head and 
handsome, greenish golden foliage. Sizes 
up to 4 feet. 
Blue-Green. Bluish green foliage. A strong 
grower and soon makes fine, large, beauti- 
ful specimens which retain their good ap- 
pearance, even when old. Sizes up to 6 
feet. 
Bonita. This is a beautiful rich green va- 
riety, dwarf or of slow growth. It is 
cone-shaped and rather broad. Sizes up 
to 3 feet. See illustration on page 15. 
Orientalis meldensis. A narrow pyramidal 
form with needle-like leaves. A slow grower. 
Pyramidalis. A compact, pyramidal Arbor- 
vite. reaching a height of about 15 feet. 
Bright green, and holds its color well. Sizes 
up to 6 feet. 
Pyramidalis bakeri (Baker’s Arborvite). 
Improved form of Pyramidalis, growing 
narrower and more compact. A good dark 
green and holds its shape well. Attains 
height of 10 to 12 feet if not crowded. See 
illustration on page 15. 
Ramsey Hybrid. May attain 40 feet. Use- 
ful where an evergreen of more upright 
habit is desired, this medium green, fast- 
Bidwilli. A beautiful, coniferous, evergreen 
tree with strong, pendulous branches from 
the ground up. Very picturesque and de- 
sirable as lawn specimens. Hardy in cen- 
tral Florida and similar latitudes. 
CEDRUS 
Deodara (Indian Cedar). Of pyramidal 
form, reaching large size. Foliage a beauti- 
ful shade of bluish green. When the new 
foliage is opening in spring, the trees are 
Compacta. A fine, dark green variety of 
compact, conical growth. Sizes up to 4 feet. 
See illustration on page 15. 
Globosa. A dense, dwarf, dark green form 
of Occidentalis Arborvite that grows like 
a round ball. For setting in front of other 
evergreens, for making a low hedge, or for 
tub or pot specimens. Sizes up to 2 feet. 
Foliage finer 
Rosedale. 

handsome. 
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Junipers in Mrs. Arthur Cummer’s river garden. Juniperus japonica sylvestris with Azaleas between 
growing variety is especially attractive. 
than many Arborvites. 
Easily grown through heat and drought. 
Roughly pyramidal. 
Of compact, 
metrical form, with very dense head. The 
foliage is dark, bluish green and very 
Sizes up to 5 feet. 

a 
particularly handsome. This tree is well 
adapted to the Southern states. It takes 
the place of Colorado Blue Spruce in 
Southern plantings, is more open and 
graceful in habit, but similar in coloring. 
It should be planted only on well-drained 
soils, as it may be killed by too much 
water. 
rounded, sym- 


and back of fountain, and small Podocarpus hedge 
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