ROCKY MOUNTAIN EVERGREENS. 85 



The tree is very unique in appearance, and on account tf its 

 oddity should be in every collection. 



They are found at an altitude of about 8,000 or 9,000 

 feet above sea level. Sometimes they grow to a fair size. 

 Though they belong naturally to high elevations, I think there 

 will be no trouble in raising them in Nebraska. I have tested 

 a few and they seem to do well. 



Mr. Pollard of Nehawka, has a fine specimen growing on 

 his grounds. I saw it a very hot and dry summer, and it seem- 

 ed to resist the heat and drouth like most of the Rocky moun- 

 tain Conifers. 



I have not had much experience with the timber, but Judge 

 from the name Hickory Pine that it must be the toughest 

 of all the Pines. At least, it will give us variety, and I think 

 it will reinforce the number of our useful and hardy evergreens. 

 These trees grow on the Pacific slope. Mr. Muir has found 

 them 90 feet tall and five feet in diameter. He says "The 

 needles have a glossy polish and the sunshine sifting through 

 them makes them burn with silvery luster. Whether old or 

 young, sheltered or exposed to the wildest gales this tree is 

 found irrepressively and extravagantly picturesque, and offers 

 a. richer and more varied series of forms to the artist <^Ah any 

 other Conifer I know of." S>H^- ' Ji, 



I cannot forget the first one _I,.saw. ^.JUa^jR^i^^mblng 

 a high mountain in a locality j» Jiaa^e"vttei^jgfliwwBT5efor&, and 

 was lying down in utter iswfe^isffl? Jhl^^fy frieagvasked 

 "What kind of a tree is thaafL^'Tglft lifted in aj|aV^Kt^nd 

 went down to eKartiinB^jy^^^glffS. I^lBifejjd M gl a^ lA«tiut 

 surely that was a str^^ge^BJlfie tree was M^rajidftJR'rormi 

 and all the way from, the limbs trailin»^jm|(»e ^dW^^the top- 

 most branches, it was compIet6l4*|J(sSQ wIMBx jkijis'that had 

 allturned green, and were tur]S8«^ouij6!^^|fcfW'^ hundreds 

 of foxes were all rushing to someg^^l^ai^fcpSter, and had each 

 gotten so far, and could go n^Krthl57*We had to lie down 

 and laugh at that tree. It just seemed alive. "What is it" 

 asked my friend, "Didn't you ever hear of the Fox Tail Pine? 

 We never saw it before, but that is it, you can't mistake It." 

 Further up we found quite a grove with different forms, but the 

 same fashion. Some little, some big— grandmothers, children 

 and grandchildren, all adorned alike with those green Foxtails. 

 For variety a man should have one of those trees in his col- 

 lection. It would enhance the effect of the winter foliage gar- 

 den of which we have spoken. 



PInus Contorta. This is sometimes called Twisted Pine, 

 and Tamarack Pine, because in a forest it much resembles the 

 closely packed Tamarack swamps of the North. It Is called 

 Lodge Pole Pine, for the Indians will go long distances to se- 

 cure the long, light, straight poles for their tepees. 



