Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-01-07
NEW ENGLAND coNlFERs.
The aIany Varieties of Beautiful and Ex-
csedingly Userni Trees.

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The contfers, or cone bearing trees.
are divided into three fam lilies: The
pines, the expresses and theIyews. Of
the pines, the most common are the
white pine, the yellow or pitch pine and
the red pine. These can be readily dis
tinguished from each other by noticing
that the white pine has its led ives in clus-
tiers of five, the yellow in clusters of
three and the red in clusters of two.
The white pines form symnl etrical and
graceful trees, to which the yellow, in
this latitude, with its scraggy branches
and yeliowish green foliaga, is an I'M
pleasant and striking co htrast. The
cones of these trees do not fipen till the
wear after poisoning, and this is dis
tinguishing feature betwed IN these true
pines and the other members of the pine
family-the spruces, frs and larches.
The spruces have their leavPs four sided,
and arranged around the kteri, instead
OF being in clusters, us in the pines. The
cones are very graceful, being suspended
near the end of the branches, and form
Ing 4 pleasing contrast to the green OF
the foliage.
The Norway spruce, though Il native
of Europe. is so common here us to de-
serve place among our New England
trees. and from the time of its bright
red blossoms in the spring, during the
growth of its cones, which are purple at
first, but change to q rich brown. till
blossoms come again. forms most ut
tractive sight The hcmlock, or hemloc!
spruce, has small cones; the leaves, in
stead of being arranGcd around thcstems,
spread in two directions. and are bright
green above, with slivery white be-
meath. This grows to be large tree
bet is often cut back and used us an or
namental SHRUB anu cared iof IN th's
way Is one ct the most graceful! OF
SpFuceS' Inc ''TS are ol9''l':'".,''eu from
the SpruceS III 'haL ''fS nav '''t's 1I I
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letS' ihe -A'''el'cI" me-! 10 Wv"
called wh!'e CEDAR puV 'nc i'A."c inoie
properly oei9.:5S % 4 variety Oh cypress
closely resembling atoor 'i'e' out nav
ing more slender spray, inner leaves
and growing thirty 10 seventy feet high,
while the aroor vit;e ranges from twenty
to fifty feet.
We have TWO varieties Oh 'ne Jumper
one known as the Jumper, ana 'ne otner
as red CEDAR son nave berry IKE
fruit, IN color back. covered win
white bloom; tlc juniper has awl shaped
leaves, arranged in threes large fruit
and Is found Quite commonly rs a low
siwd5. The RED cedar has small, scale
like leaves, small fruit, and in the east Is
found asa shrub, but IN the west reaches
from ID to % leet Ill htiFht' ana iur-
nishes very durable Wool OF Il reddish
color.
The yew has rs nut Il pc SEED sur,
roiInded BY diS"' cup Snapped aTouhu
its base, which becomes Dflsnt req ana
berry like. In the Unlteq o'ates IL Is
only found as Struggling BUSH but IN