. Ornamental trees & plants : no. 2. Nursery stock Pennsylvania West Chester Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania West Chester Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. 8 Hoopes, Brother & Thomas, West Chester, Pa. PINUS excelsa. Himalayan, or Bhotan Pine. One of the most elegant Evergreens, but unfortunately it is . liable to blight in some soils. The branches are disposed in regular whorls, with long, slender, drooping, glaucous-green leaves. It is a native of the Himalaya mountains, growing at hig
. Ornamental trees & plants : no. 2. Nursery stock Pennsylvania West Chester Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania West Chester Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. 8 Hoopes, Brother & Thomas, West Chester, Pa. PINUS excelsa. Himalayan, or Bhotan Pine. One of the most elegant Evergreens, but unfortunately it is . liable to blight in some soils. The branches are disposed in regular whorls, with long, slender, drooping, glaucous-green leaves. It is a native of the Himalaya mountains, growing at high eleva- tions, and is quite hardy here. Attains a height of from 50 to 100 feet. P. montana ( P. mug/10, P. Pumilio, etc.). Mountain Pine. This dwarf species is of the very greatest importance to the landscape gardener, owing to its extreme hardiness, dark somber green color, low-spreading growth, adaptation to rough soils, etc. It is a native of the sub-alpine districts of central Europe, where it grows either as a strag- gling bush of 5 feet or a small dense tree of 15 feet. P. strobus. White Pine. This is the most imposing of all the Pines native to the eastern states. It forms a large, straight tree, from 100 to 160 feet in height, with horizontal branches clothed with long, slender, slightly glaucous leaves. It is unquestionablv hardv. and is found throughout the eastern states from Virginia to Canada. P. sylvestris. Scotch Pine. A rapid-growing, very hardy Evergreen, especially adapted for wind- breaks and grouping. It is a native of central and northern Europe, forming large trees with pleasing glaucous green leaves. Although quite ornamental when young, this species is more picturesque than beautiful with age. PSEUDO-TSUGA A little group of Hemlocks, mainly from the Pacific coast, Rocky mountains, etc., which has been sepa- rated from the Tsuga or Hemlock proper on account of marked botanical distinctions. The following spe- cies is the only one reliable at the e
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