Identifier: coniferoustreesf00webs (find matches)
Title: Coniferous trees for profit & ornament : being a concise description of each species and variety, with the most recently approved nomenclature, list of synonyms, and best methods of cultivation
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Webster, Angus Duncan
Subjects: Pinopsida Pinopsida Pinopsida
Publisher: London : Constable and Co.
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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ace with the speciesalongside which it was planted. P. SYLVESTRis MONOPHYLLA.—This must beranked as a very distinct, curious, and constantvariety. At first sight it may be readily recognisedas a form of the Scotch Pine, the habit of growthbeing exactly similar, but the thin, open, and airyappearance at once strikes one as out of thecommon. This is due not to the leaves beingproduced singly, as the name would indicate, butto the majority of the pairs of leaves being unitedfor almost their entire length, thjs imparting amore open aspect to the specimen. The conesare sparsely produced, and decidedly moreglobular (shorter and thicker) than those of thespecies. The tree stands exposure well, the largestspecimen I have seen growing in quite an opensituation near Hemel Hempstead, in Herts. P. SYLVESTRIS PYGMiEA is a Very dwarf, roundedbush, with thickly arranged branches and com-paratively short leaves. P. Thunbergii, Parlatore. (S5monyms: P.Massoniana, Siehold et Zuccarini (not Lambert) ;
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Face paze 156. SCOTCH PINE PLANTATION. HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES 157 P. sylvestris, Thunberg; P. rubra, Siehold.)Japan. 1861.—This is a rare tree in Britain,though in Cornwall and other warm maritimeplaces, as also at Kew, good examples may beseen. The leaves are 5 inches long, rathertortuous, and deep green in colour. The cones,both in shape and size, resemble those of ourcommon larch. P. Thunbergii aurea.—This has justly beenrecognised as the best of Golden Pines, the primrose-yellow colour of the leaves being sharply defined,and the contrast with the bright green verymarked. A great advantage that it possesses overmany other coloured conifers is, that the yellowtint becomes all the more pronounced on treesfully exposed to sunlight. As a specimen lawntree this variety is of great value. Grafted onthe common Scotch Pine, it does well. P. TUBERCULATA, Gordou. Oregon and westside of Californian coast ranges. 1847.—Amongsthardy or tolerably hardy species the present shouldbe included

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