The Conifer Manual

Abstract

TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume One Author's Introduction 1 Watering Picture Credits 3 Pruning A Conifer Bibliography 4 5. Classification and Nomenclature Botanical classification 1. General Introduction 9 Historical review The word 'conifer' 9 Nomenclature of cultivated plants The origin of conifers 9 The codes of nomenclature The morphology of conifers 11 Latin-form cultivar names The roots 11 Authorities The trunk 11 Types and protologues The branches 11 The World Conifer Data Pool The buds 13 Conifer names registration The leaves 14 Conifer Data Sheet Flowers and cones 14 6. Identification 2. The Uses and Value of Conifers 18 Keys Conifers in nature 18 Guides to identification of species Using conifers 18 Method of using the guides A solitary specimen 20 The twelve main groups Hedges and shelter belts: woodland 20 'Go-to' listing for main group one Dwarf conifers 20 'Go-to' listing for main group two Alpine forms 22 'Go-to'listing for main group three Seedling mutations 22 'Go-to' listing for main group four Juvenile fixations 23 'Go-to' listing for main group five Bud mutations 23 'Go-to'listing for main group six Witches' brooms 24 'Go-to' listing for main group seven Cultivariants 25 'Go-to' listing for main group eight Using dwarf conifers 25 'Go-to' listing for main group nine 'Go-to' listing for main group ten 3. Choice of Species and Varieties 31 'Go-to' listing for main group eleven Climatic zones and hardiness ratings 31 'Go-to' listing for main group twelve 4. Cultivation 37 7. Varieties Currently Available Soil preparation 37 Citation of 'authorities' Purchase of plants 38 Citation of Latin-form cultivar names The planting season 41 Abies Planting 41 Acmopyle Aftercare 42 Actinostrobus 42 42 44 44 47 50 51 53 54 54 56 56 60 62 62 63 63 64 65 65 66 69 72 74 75 80 83 83 85 86 90 90 91 92 167 167