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3d Division.—Short leaved ; which
may be considered as hardy.
Pinus Llaveana.
Ayacahuite.
Abies reiigiosa.
Section II.— Californian or North West
American species.
1st Division.—Fine leaved. These
are the tenderest kinds, while those
with short leaves are generally hardier,
particularly in this American group.
Pinus insignis.
californica.
•^—— Monticola.
2d Division.—Coarse leaved. With
robust stems, leaves, and cones.
Pinus Macrocarpa.
Sabiniana.
3d Division. — Short leaved. All
either Spruces or Silvers.
Abies amabalis.
grandis.
nobilis.
Menziesii.
Section III.—European Species.
1st Division. — The slender twoleaved
pines ; or those resembling the
Aleppo Pine. (P. halepensis.)
Pinus Brutia.
Pithyusa.
—
Pindrow, or Royles Silver.
Abies Pichta or Sibirica, the Pitch or
Siberian Silver.
Abies Brunoniana, the Indian Hemlock
Spruce.
Abies Khutrow, the large coned Indian
Spruce.
Abies Morinda.
Abies orientalis.
The following notice of Junipers will
be confined, like the preceding of
Coniferous Plants, to the more rare
and less known kinds.
True Junipers. Juniperus oblonga
(the oblong-fruited Juniper); Juniperus
Oxycedrus (large brown-fruited Juniper)
; Juniperus macrocarpa (the large
purple-fruited Juniper) ; Juniperus squa-
mosa (the Creeping Indian Juniper)
Juniperus recurva (the recurved Indian
Juniper) ; Juniperus nana (Dwarf Juniper)."
Card. Chron.
Propagation by Cuttings. Mr. Gor-
don gives these directions :
—
" In August or September, select a
young shoot of moderate strength, and
cut it off with a piece of the last year's
wood attached, forming what is technically
termed a heel.
" The leaves at the bottom of the
cutting should not be pulled off, but
must either be left on entire, or shortened
with a sharp knife. AVlien the
cutting is made, it should be planted
from a half to three-quarters of an inch
deep in a pot, filled about one-third
with potsherds, on which a layer of
turfy peat should be placed, then an
inch of good loam, and, on the top of
all, a layer of white sand. The pot of
cuttings may now be placed in a cold
frame, kept close, and shaded when
necessary; they may remain in this
situation till the end of October, when
they should be put in a cold pit for the
Winter. Care must be taken at that
season, that they do not suffer from
frost or damp ; but they must on no
account have fire heat. About the end
of February the pot of cuttings may be
removed to a hot bed, a bellglass being
placed closely over it; the cuttings will
root readily, and many of them will be
fit to pot off by the end of June. When
first potted off, the young plants should
be treated exactly in the same manner
as the cuttings are.
" In the case of Junipers and Cy-
2d Division.—The robust two-leaved
species ; or those strong growing kinds,
resembling the Cluster Pinaster, and
Corsican Laricie, Pines.
Pinus nigricans, or austriaca.
hispanica, or pyrenaica.
romana.
Ascarena.
Lemoniana.
3d Division.— The Silver or
Firs.
Spruce
Picea
Fir.
cephalonica, or Mount Enos
Pinus Pinsapo, or the Mount Atlas
Cedar.
Section IV.—Asiatic Species.
1st Division.—The robust two-leaved
Pines, or those resembling the Cluster
Pine {P. Pinaster).
Pinus taurica.
2d Division.—Pinus
Chinese Pine.
Sinensis, or the
Pinus
pine.
excelsa, or the lofty Bhotan
Pinus Longifolia.
Gerardiana.
3d Division.—The Silver, or Spruce
Firs.
Abies Webbiana, or the purple-coned presses, older wood than that used tor
Silver Fir.
Pines is necessary, as they have not
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