. Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees : grape vines, small fruits, shrubs, plants, roses, & Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Normal Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. 56L ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE flU (Picea). Balsam or American Silver [Balsamea). Avery regular symmetrical tree assuming' the conical form even when youngr, leaves dark green above, silvery beneath. [Jiiniper^is). Tirginian ^Red Cedar'. A well known tree; its form is usually comjjact and conical; ver^^ hardy and ornamental. Olacious (Red Cedar . Th
. Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees : grape vines, small fruits, shrubs, plants, roses, & Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Normal Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. 56L ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE flU (Picea). Balsam or American Silver [Balsamea). Avery regular symmetrical tree assuming' the conical form even when youngr, leaves dark green above, silvery beneath. [Jiiniper^is). Tirginian ^Red Cedar'. A well known tree; its form is usually comjjact and conical; ver^^ hardy and ornamental. Olacious (Red Cedar . The compact conical habit of this variet}-, combined with its silverj' foli- age, renders it verj' distinct and desirable. Hibernica ;irish Juniper . A distinct and beauti- ful variety of erect, dense, conical outline, re- sembling a pillar of green; verj- desirable. Suecica (Swedish Juniper". A small-sized handsome pyramidal tree with yellowish green foliage; it is quite hard}-. Sarin [Sabind. A low spreading tree with hand- some dark green foliage; very hardy and suita- ble for rock work. PINE [Pinus], Austrian or Black [Ausiriaca]. A native of the mountains of Sj-ria; a rapid growing species with long stiff dark green leaves; very hardj'. (See illustration page 55 . Scotch [P. Sylvesiris]. A native of the British Islands; very rapid in its growth. "A dark, tall evergreen," with bluish foliage and rugged shoots; hard}-, and grows well even on the poorest soils. lYhite [Sirobus.) The most ornamental of all our native pines; foliage light, delicate or silvery green; flourishes in the poorest soils. Excelsa (lyoftj' Bhotan Pine]. A native of the moun- tains of Northern India; leaves very slender and drooping, resembling those of White Pine, but longer; timber soft, white and compact. Mugho (Mountain or Dwarf). A verj'distinct spe- cies; leaves short, stiff, a little twisted, and thickly distributed over the branches; does not grow large but spreads over the ground,
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