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greatest proportion of the silvery tinted speci- 

 mens. 



It is a very rapid grower, somewhat inclined to 



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be straggling like the European larch when very 

 young, but when they are I to 2 feet high they 

 stiffen up and grow vigorously. In hardiness will 

 rank about with the Norway spruce. 



