MONTEVIDEO TRIAL STATION. 



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shrubs vary greatly, some having dark green leaves and others 

 light colored variegated leaves. 



Seventeen years ago there was planted at the station three speci- 

 mens of Pinus montana, the Swiss mountain pine. One of the 

 trees has made an upright growth and is now about twelve feet 

 high, resembling in some way a Scotch pine. The other two are 

 dwarf, round headed trees, not more than seven feet in height. No 

 conifer that has been planted at Montevideo stands the winter bet- 

 ter, the foliage always being a bright green. For prairie plant- 

 ing it appears to be the hardiest of pines. Its low, dense growth 

 makes it a most attractive object in the shrub border at all seasons 

 of the year. 



The Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens) has been growing at 

 the station for twelve years. It is a thrifty, hardy tree, but not a 

 very rapid grower. The foliage sometimes browns during severe 

 winters. 



The Montevideo Trial Station in winter. White Spruce at the left; Swiss Mountain Pine, 

 Red Cedar and European X,arch at the right. 



The white spruce (Picea Canadensis) has been growing at Mon- 

 tevideo for thirteen years. The group shown in the cut is that 

 species. The group consisted of thirteen trees when set; it is 

 thirteen years old and consists of thirteen trees now. Thirteen is 

 not an unlucky number, and the white spruce is a good tree. Our 

 experience with it would go to prove that there are no safer trees 

 of any kind. None of them failed, and they are all healthy, 

 thrifty trees now. 



