. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1014 The American Florist. Dec. 5,. A HOUSE OF BEGONIAS AT POEHLMANN BROS. CO.'S GREENHOUSES, MORTON GROVE, ILL., NOV. 87. 1914. them are very attractive. The Servian spruce Picea omorica, is a beautiful species which it was thought was go- ing to be hardy at Ottawa, but in a very severe winter it was Ivilled back. Picea bicolor or Alcockiana, is a hand- some hardy distinct species. Tiie dark green of the upper part of the leaves and the bluish silvery green of the low- er surface, make it very attractive. The lar
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1014 The American Florist. Dec. 5,. A HOUSE OF BEGONIAS AT POEHLMANN BROS. CO.'S GREENHOUSES, MORTON GROVE, ILL., NOV. 87. 1914. them are very attractive. The Servian spruce Picea omorica, is a beautiful species which it was thought was go- ing to be hardy at Ottawa, but in a very severe winter it was Ivilled back. Picea bicolor or Alcockiana, is a hand- some hardy distinct species. Tiie dark green of the upper part of the leaves and the bluish silvery green of the low- er surface, make it very attractive. The larches^ are not evergreen, but they are conifers and mixed with the evergreen conifers they make a pleasing contrast to them and are especially attractive in spring, as the ? bright green foliage comes very early and relieves the deeper tints of the evergreens. The European larch Is perhaps the best species, although the Japanese is very attractive also, but has not been grown long enough in Canada to learn wheth- er it looks as well as the European when the trees are large. The young trees are more attractive than the Eu- ropean. The European larch makes very rapid growth. It is not a wide spreading tree, but its branches are somewhat pendulous. The native Tam- arack is desirable for contrast with evergreens, but is not so attractive as <he European or Japanese larch as in- dividuals, as the trees are stiffer in habit. The silver firs include the genus abies and pseudotsuga. of which the best known species of abies in this part of Canada is the balsam fir. The bal- sam fir Is a very attractive lawn tree when young, but after it has been planted twenty years or so it is liable to become scraggy. The fine firs of tlie west coast of America and Eu- rope, such as Abies magnifica, nobilis, and Nordmanniana, are not hardy at Ottawa, but there is one fir which is quite hardy, which is as handsome or almost as handsome as any of these; namely, the white fir, sometimes called silver f
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