. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. 328 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS an arrangement that is called 2-ranked. The cones are short, under 1 inch, pendulous with smooth scales, found at the tips of the branches. Of the Common Hemlock—Tsuga canadensis,—Sargent's Weeping Hemlock (587) — var. Sargentiana, or S&rgenti pgndula — rarely grows over 3 feet high and has short drooping branchlets forming a dense flat-topped' mass of foliage; Dwarf Hemlock^^ nana—is a dwarf with spreading branches and short branchlets forming a depressed shrub under 3 feet high. There is
. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. 328 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS an arrangement that is called 2-ranked. The cones are short, under 1 inch, pendulous with smooth scales, found at the tips of the branches. Of the Common Hemlock—Tsuga canadensis,—Sargent's Weeping Hemlock (587) — var. Sargentiana, or S&rgenti pgndula — rarely grows over 3 feet high and has short drooping branchlets forming a dense flat-topped' mass of foliage; Dwarf Hemlock^^ nana—is a dwarf with spreading branches and short branchlets forming a depressed shrub under 3 feet high. There is also a variety n^na of the Japanese Hemlock, Tstiga Sifeboldi. The latter can be separated from the common American one by a close exami- nation of the leaves with a lens ; the edge of the American is somewhat notched, while the Japanese is entire. [Seeds; twig cuttings; grafting.]. Fig. 593. — Juniper-leaved Arborvltae. Fig. 594. — Silver Eotinospora. Thuja and Chamsecyparis. The Arborvitae group of evergreens are among the most difficult class of plants to classify. The greatest confu- sion of names both common and scientific occurs with reference to them in books and catalogues. They have two very distinct forms of leaves; these are properly called the "juvenile" and the "; All of this group have opposite sessile leaves; but the seedlliigs begin with linear spreading ones about a half inch long; these are the juvenile leaves ; later these change to scale-shaped leaves, appressed to and completely covering the stems, the adult leaves. Some of the bushy foims, the only ones. 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 Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908; Draycott, Ada (Apgar). New York, Cincinnati [etc] American Book Company
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