. 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. Cembra Lnmb,' Tmh, ifia. aim, echinata, montana, Pinaster, uliilis, piuirjens, si/lvestris, Massoniana; and the probability is that most of the other species could find a place there to live if not to thrive. Figs. 1807-1809 show how a species may vary under different conditions. The list of species hardy in th
. 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. Cembra Lnmb,' Tmh, ifia. aim, echinata, montana, Pinaster, uliilis, piuirjens, si/lvestris, Massoniana; and the probability is that most of the other species could find a place there to live if not to thrive. Figs. 1807-1809 show how a species may vary under different conditions. The list of species hardy in the Arnold Arboretum (Boston) comprises the following: Thr ell. Bungeaua, Cembra, densiilora. divaricata, Jeffrey],' Koraiensts, Strobus, sylvestris, Thunbprgi, Virginiana. monticola, parviilora, pungeus, P. excelsa and P. ponderosa pendula thrive well in a sheltered place, but are probably not quite hardy here. 2. Hardy, but not of promising growth. Balfouriana, var. aristuta, flexilis, . Murrayaua. monophylla. In the interior middle states the number which would stand the extremes of drought and cold would probably be reduced; a partial list found in the Missouri Botani- cal Garden is given below: The best are given first. All of the later ones on the list die out sooner or later, as the city smoke is very detrimental to coniferae. None do very well on that account. Mughus(P. Pumilio),! Virginiana, Austriaca, > 3 best. resinosa, Strobus, J Larieio, Cembra, sylvestris, rigida, ponderosa. For seaside planting P. rigida has shown itself most fit, and of foreigners in proper climate P. Pinaster and Halepensis, while P. contorta on the northwest coast and the frugal P. radiata on the southwest coast are the seacoast trees par excellence. The Piues are essentially inhabitants of the poor sandy soils and dry situations, their stout root system enabling them to seek the scanty water supplies where other species Hnd it ilifficnlt. Some, liko the White Pine, are adaptfil to ;i
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