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Mountain form of the species: "A very pretty tree. No 

 evergreen excels it in beauty when the new growth is un- 

 folding. Of more compact habit than the eastern balsam. 

 Leaves come all around the branch. It has proved hardy." 



White Fir. 



White Fir. (Abies concolor, Lindl. & Gord.). This is 

 also called Concolor or Silver fir. Native of the Rocky 

 Mountains from Arizona and New Mexico to Colorado, Cali- 

 fornia "and Oregon. It is. a worthy companion to the Col- 

 orado Blue spruce and is becoming more popular as it 

 becomes better known. The leaves are pale silvery green, 

 one to two and one-half inches long. The Silver fir has 

 stood several years at Brookings in open exposure, without 

 injury and is a beautiful ornamental tree for the lawn. 

 However, it cannot be said that its hardiness is fully estab- 

 lished. Its scarcity in the nurseries has prevented extensive 

 trial. 



A. Norby, Madison, S. D., reports as follows on speci- 

 mens planted in the spring of 1892: u ln well sheltered 

 places, the Silver fir of Colorado can be grown in this lati- 

 tude. It is a grand and beautiful evergreen, but is often 

 injured in our severest winters, even after several feet high." 



H. C. Warner, Forestburg, S. D., reports: "The Con- 

 color fir is doing well." 



Red Cedar. 



Red Cedar. (Juniperus Virginiana, Linn.) Native 

 from Florida to New Brunswick west to Texas, Nebraska, 

 South Dakota and North Dakota. The seeds of the Juni- 

 pers are in blue, berry-like cones This waxy layer prevents 

 germination the first year. A valuable ornamental tree, 

 slow of growth at least in the early years, but drought- 

 resistant and hardy in exposed situations on the lawn or for 

 windbreaks in hedges. The great trouble with the Red 

 Cedar in cultivation in the northwest, was the total disre- 



