. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent. Landscape gardening; Trees. EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS. 5C9 Fig. EVEBGBKBN-WXLK IN PERSON*' HUBSKBT, nCSHINO, t. I. The Common (British) Evergreen Cypress. Cupf-essus sempennrejts.—A tree with dark foliage and fastigiate habit, re- sembling in mode of growth the Lombardy poplar, though not quite so slender. This tree, so generally grown throughout England and middle Europe, is found utterly unsuited to our middle States. Sargent seems to have given up hope of acclimating any of the numerous English and Continental varieties.
. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent. Landscape gardening; Trees. EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS. 5C9 Fig. EVEBGBKBN-WXLK IN PERSON*' HUBSKBT, nCSHINO, t. I. The Common (British) Evergreen Cypress. Cupf-essus sempennrejts.—A tree with dark foliage and fastigiate habit, re- sembling in mode of growth the Lombardy poplar, though not quite so slender. This tree, so generally grown throughout England and middle Europe, is found utterly unsuited to our middle States. Sargent seems to have given up hope of acclimating any of the numerous English and Continental varieties. We shall, therefore, make no mention of them. The species which now give promise of hardiness, in the middle and southern States at least, are the new varieties from the Pacific slope. These are: the Lawson cypress, C. Lawsoniana, and the Nootka Sound cypress, C. 7iootkaensis, more generally known by the botanical name, Thuiopsis Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Scott, Frank Jesup, 1828- [from old catalog]. New York, D. Appleton & company
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