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p'nwu. or Nut Pine, also Picea Emielmanni, or Engelratinii's Spruce, 

 Abies Suhalpitia. and Ahte.s Concolor. Abies CoiicoJor is a beautiful 

 silver lir. and so far proves perfectly hardy and satisfactory in every 

 way, after testing it six years. All the rest named are unsatisfactory. 

 PiiiHs ponderosii is perfectly hardy, a beautiful tree and a rapid 

 grower, but is so infested with the fungus that is sometimes seen on 

 the Austrian pine that it should not be propagated. 



The Nut pine has its northern limit at Pike's Peak, and is not 

 hardy here. Finns Arisfafa, ponderosa and fla.rilis, also Engel- 

 mann"s spruce and Subalpina, are all fine trees in the highest alti- 

 tudes, up at the timber line, but are never found at lower elevations, 

 and we have found, after thorough trial with thousands and thou- 

 sands of seedlings grown in our nurseries here, that they fail after 

 the second or third year. The Engelmann's spruce is partially an 

 exception to this, as it will grow, but very slowly, and it is little or 

 no improveinent on the white spruce, which it closely resembles. 



T had such an anxiety to introduce the Engelmann's spruce into 

 cultivation, that after finding from experience that seeds from the 

 timber line were not satisfactory, having seen that Prof. Aughey, 

 state botanist of Nebraska, reported it as growing in Northwestern 

 Nebraska. I went there to see. I thought it possible, though not 

 probable, that it might have crept down to that altitude, but that 

 whatever it might be it would be an acquisition. I went, and in 

 company with my son explored the region thoroughly, and up into 

 the Black Hills, where Prof. Jenny told us we would find Em/el- 

 manni, but only on the highest altitude/ of Harney's Peak. We 

 wended our weary way thither only to find that it was our own white 

 spruce, growing even to within fifty feet of the very summit of the 

 peak. This tree (Alba) has never been thoroughly appreciated in 

 the West, as it has been confounded with the glacous-leaved black 

 spruce, which sheds its lower limbs, and is only fit to grow in swamps, 

 where it is generally found. 



The white spruce holds the foliage on its lower limbs better than 

 the Norway spruce, is a better color for most people's tastes, and is 

 certainly hardier, for the Norway spruce often browns in the winter 

 while young, in the West, and the white spruce never does. The 

 white spruce has a wider range than any other evergreen, unless we 

 may have to except the red cedar. It is found in the mountains of 

 Virginia, and all the way from Maine to out through Wisconsin, 

 Minnesota. Dakota, Montana, and northward and westward through 

 the British possessions till it reaches the Pacific coast in the far 

 north. 



Mr. Minkler — Four of our co-workers have been called away, 

 all of them very dear to our hearts. I move you, sir, that we appoint 

 a committee to write up resolutions in honor of the memory of 

 Arthur Bryant, Sr., Dr. Warder, Prof. Tice, and Mr. Baldwin. 



