Common Hardy Species
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This section is from the book "A Dictionary Of Modern Gardening", by George William Johnson, David Landreth. Also available from Amazon: The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses.
Common Hardy Species
Cupressus thuyoides.
--------------sempervirens.
Pinus balsamea.
--------larix.
--------canadensis.
--------sylvestiris.
--------picea.
- abies.
-------- nigra.
--------pinea.
--------strobus.
--------pinaster.
--------cedrus.
Thuya occidentalis.
--------orientalis.
Rarer kinds are thus classed by Mr. G. Gordon, of the Chiswick Gardens:
Section 1. - Mexican Species
1st Division
Fine-leaved, with long slender leaves; these may be expected not to be so hardy as the other species belonging to this section.
Pinus Terocote.
--------patula.
--------apulcencis.
--------Devoniana.
-------- macrophylla.
--------Pseudo-Strobus.
-------- Leiophylla.
--------Oocarpa.
--------Oocarpoides.
--------filifolia.
--------Montezumae.
2d Division
Swamp Pines, with long leaves and few branches, like P. pallustris; they may be expected to prove hardy.
Pinus Hartwegii.
--------Russelliana.
3d Division
Short leaved; which may be considered as hardy.
Pinus Llaveana.
--------Ayacahuite.
Abies religiosa.
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 two-leaved pines; or those resembling the Aleppo Pine. (P. halepensis).
Pinus Brutia.
--------Pithyusa.
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 Spruce Firs.
Picea cephalonica, or Mount Enos Fir.
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 Sinensis, or the Chinese Pine.
Pinus excelsa, or the lofty Bhotan Pine.
Pinus Longifolia.
--------Gerardiana.
3d Division
The Silver, or Spruce Firs.
Abies Webbiana,or the purple-coned Silver Fir.
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 squamosa (the Creeping Indian Juniper); Juniperus recurva (the recurved Indian Juniper); Juniperus nana (Dwarf Juniper)." - Gard. Chron.
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