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Mixed in with these Blue Spruces near the next bend are six 

 trees of distinctly different foliage. Two of them stand just inside 

 the low railing. Their needles, which are very much shorter than 

 those of the Colorado Blue-Spruce, make the branches considerably 

 more delicate looking. These trees are 



Picea orientalis, the Oriental Spruce 



This is one of the most attractive of all the spruces because of 

 its dark-green short needles. Its cones are beautifully purple 

 when young, later turning brown. 



The Oriental Spruce is native in the mountain ranges of Asia 

 Minor, Armenia, and the Caucasus, at altitudes varying from 2.500 

 to 7,000 feet. There it may attain a height of 100 feet and more. 



In its native region the wood of this tree takes the place of 

 that used elsewhere in Europe from Norway Spruce. Both are 

 commonly used abroad for Christmas trees. 



Section 3 



This third and last Section of Spruces lies between the railroad 

 tracks and the drive on the west side of the Garden and between 

 the railroad station and the entrance into the Garden south of it 

 at 200th Street (Map p. 57). We shall begin at the south end 

 of the Section. If we have just completed Section 2, we need but 

 cross the road and go down the gravel path on the other side 

 flanked by bushes on both sides. A few steps in we meet the 

 spruces again on the right. The first two evergreens are 



Picea Maximo wiczii, Maximowicz's or Japanese Bush- Spruce 



This is a relatively rare kind of spruce, for even in Japan, where 

 it is native, it grows only in remote mountainous sections. Unlike 

 the Japanese Black-, Red-, and White-Pines, this spruce is not so 

 commonly found about gardens and temples in Japan. To the 

 Japanese it is known as Hime-bara-momi, i.e., Daughter or Small 

 Bara-momi, which, we will recall, is the vernacular for the Tiger- 

 tail Spruce. This derivation of the name has arisen from the 

 similarity of adult trees of these two species. As its name implies, 

 this one is generally of low stature, though it may attain a height 

 of 80 or even 100 feet. 



