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and on the right are shrubs of various kinds, forsythias, herbaceous paeonias 

 in flower, etc. This Blue Spruce will be interesting to many of our readers 

 because so many trees of this evergreen have been sent out to the members of 

 our Association during the last few years. The tree is a native of the mountains 

 of Colorado, and is now widely distributed throughout the U. S. and Canada as 

 an ornamental evergreen. Mr. Wm. Saunders, of Ottawa, says of it, " Among 

 the Spruces none is so striking and beautiful as the Colorado Blue Spruce, and 

 more especially those specimens with a distinct steely blue color to the foliage. 

 This color varies in intensity from a faint hue to one of a very decided and 

 striking character. The blue color is most pronounced in the new growth in 

 the spring, and as the summer advances it becomes softened and mellowed to 

 a pale bluish green which contrasts strongly with the bright new growth when it 

 pushes out the following season. 



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