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Trees for Shade and Ornament 



with very dark, almost black foliage, only the last year's shoot showing 

 the blue color. It should be used sparingly, to light up dark corners, 

 and singly on small lawns. 



Of other exotics adapted to our climate, there are worthy of note — 





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Fig. 8o. — Japanese Spruce. Picea polita Carr. 



P. orientalis Carr. (75), from the Caucasus, the most graceful and 

 distinguished of all spruces, with its short, crowded, closely appressed, 

 very dark, glossy foliage, similar to the Norway, with somewhat pendu- 

 lous branchlets; the branches persisting to the ground for a long time. 

 Being of slow growth and a medium-sized tree, it is well adapted for 

 small places. Very hardy. 



P. polita Carr. (76), from Ja{)an, is almost the opposite of P. orien- 



