. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 426 ConifcrcB—A ties. Some authors go even farther and unite this with , and include Gedrus, Larlx, etc. The species are confined to the northern hemisphere, and especially abimdantin the temperate, less common in the arctic and warmer regions. The derivation of the generic name is obscure. § 1. Leaves neecUe-shaped or linear, scattered all around
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 426 ConifcrcB—A ties. Some authors go even farther and unite this with , and include Gedrus, Larlx, etc. The species are confined to the northern hemisphere, and especially abimdantin the temperate, less common in the arctic and warmer regions. The derivation of the generic name is obscure. § 1. Leaves neecUe-shaped or linear, scattered all around the shoots. Cones pendulous luhen —AmES and Tsuga. 1. A. excilsa (fig. 217). Norway Spruce or Spruce Fir.— This liandsome hardy evergreen tree is unsurpassed in the rich warm hue of its dense dark green foliage and the regularity of its ]3yraniidal or conical out- line. It is as familiar as our commonest native trees, and therefore we are justified in passing- it by witliout description. There are numerous va- rieties, a few of which are very remarkable and worthjT of a place in even a small collection. The most curious and inter- esting are as follows :— Claiibrasiliana, a dwarf slow - growing spreading densely - branched shrub with short closely-packed leaves, never exceeding 3 or 4 feet in height; pyijincea, or nana, is a still more diminutive form, about a foot high ; pi'ndula has graceful drooping branches ; in- verta has pendulous brandies and larger foliage than the type ; monstrosa has very stout branches and large foliage ; pyra- midolls is a slow-growing dwarf variety of conical shape ; and horicontalis is of irregular dwarf habit with long trailing branches. We have by no means exhausted the list of varie-. Abics Gxcel^ 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 Hemsley,
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