. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CONIFERS combination with deciduous trees or in clumps, by them- selves or in single specimens, offer striiiing effects. There are two types of natural or native beauty in the Conifers—the symmetrical and verdurous beauty of the young specimen (Figs. 530, 531; Fig. 1, p. 1), and the picturesque and rugged beaut
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CONIFERS combination with deciduous trees or in clumps, by them- selves or in single specimens, offer striiiing effects. There are two types of natural or native beauty in the Conifers—the symmetrical and verdurous beauty of the young specimen (Figs. 530, 531; Fig. 1, p. 1), and the picturesque and rugged beauty of the old and time- worn tree (Figs. 532, 533). Aside from these, there are also odd, grotesque and formal cultivated varieties, as typified in the weeping spruce (Fig. 534), the colum- nar junipers (Fig. 535), and the various dwarf pines and spruces (Fig. 53C). The majority of the species belonging to this group, as well as their greatest numerical development, is found in the temperate zones, only a few belonging to subtropical or tropical countries, among which are the Araucarias, from South America; the Dammara, Dacryd- ium, and Phyllocladus, from Australia, etc. The order Coniferse comprises nearly 40 genera, and about 300 species. Our own native flora, with 15 genera and not less than 100 species and subspecies, is among the richest, the bulk of these being found on the Pacific coast. The Atlantic side offers 28 species, repre- senting the genus Finns with 12 species out of 39; 1 Larix out of 3; 3 Piceas out of 7; 2 Tsugas out of 5; 2 Abies out of 12; 1 Taxodium; 1 Thuja out of 2; 1 ChamiBcyparis out of 3; 3 Juniperusout of 11; 1 Tumion (Torreya) out of 2; 1 arborescent Taxus out of 2: being without representatives of the genus Pseudotsuga, Se- quoia, Libocedrus, and Cupressus. There are to be added a large number (not less than 400) of nursery- men's varieties, which have been enumerated in Bull. 17 of the Division of Forestry, U. S. Dept. of Agricul- ture. There ar
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