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The Rural Library. 



Colorado blue spruce {Picea pungMis) is one of the most beautiful 

 and valuable of all the spruces. The foliage is of a rich blue or sage 

 color and the tree is very hardy, and similar in habit and growth to 

 the white spruce. The firs are not as popular as the spruces or hem- 

 locks, but are very handsome trees. Nordmand's silver fir ( Abies 

 Nordmanniana ) is one of the most beautiful species, of symmetrical 

 form, vigorous and quite hardy. A moist, rich soil is best suited to 

 the growth of hemlocks, firs and spruces. They are not well adapted 

 for shade purposes alone, but as single specimens and for groups and 

 shelter belts they are indispensable. 



Size of White Pine, Aug., 181^1, 

 27 months after planting. Fig- 

 ures indicate feet. 



