CHAPTER XVI. 



Evergreens. 



r I S HERE is a very general impression that these 

 * trees will not grow successfully west of the 

 inter-river divide, especially in the north. It 

 seems to be true of many varieties that they cannot 

 be grown as easily, and do not generally grow as 

 rapidly in this location as in places further east, 

 and along the Mississippi valley. For instance the 

 Norway Spruce, which is among the best and fast- 

 est growing of all in northeastern Iowa, is almost 

 a failure in northeastern Nebraska and southern 

 South Dakota. On the other hand, the Scotch 

 pine seems to do as well or nearly as well here as 

 in the more favored eastern locations. The west- 

 ern cedars also do quite as well, but are not quite 

 as rapid growers. There are several other varieties 

 that do well here and will be described hereinafter. 

 The principal reason for the impression that we 

 can not grow these" trees here is that they have 

 had, in transplanting such inexcusably bad treat- 

 ment that the surprise is, more that any grow, than 

 that some or many die. 



It is in the first place of little use to bother with 



any other than a nursery grown tree to start with, 



8*5 



