(64) 



It is difficult to mention any particularly distinguishing feature 

 of this spruce. Perhaps most characteristic of it are its short 

 leaves, which point out on all sides of the shoots, and the very 

 resinous buds. The leaves, moreover, are quadrangular and 

 rather pungent and the branchlets are not hairy. 



The next four larger evergreens are Serbian Spruces (p. 60). 

 Of the next four small trees beyond these taller Serbian Spruces, 

 one is 



Picea jezoensis, the Yezo or Hondo Spruce 

 It is the inner tree in the second row of two trees. 

 This species has the widest distribution of any spruce in north- 

 eastern Asia and Japan, where it attains a height of 100 or 150 

 feet and is the only flat-leaved spruce of that region. From other 

 flat- or compressed-leaved spruces, it may be distinguished by the 

 pale shoots and dark-green leaves, which are crowded on the upper 

 side of the shoots, and bluish or silvery-white on the lower sur- 

 face. The wood of this species is of good quality and, since the 

 trees are plentiful in Japan, as a source of timber the Yezo is by 

 far the most valuable of the Japanese spruces. 



Yezo Spruce is rare in cultivation in this country and does not 

 grow well in the eastern United States. It frequently suffers 

 from late frosts owing to its early leafing. 



The other three small trees are Norway Spruces. ^Ye shall con- 

 sider this kind later when we meet larger trees. 



The next two trees nearest the path are Oriental Spruces (p. 

 63 ) . Behind them stand three other spruces. The single one 

 directly in back is 



Picea mariana var. Doumetii, Doumet's Spruce 



This is regarded as one of the most ornamental garden forms of 

 the native Black Spruce, which species is not at present repre- 

 sented in the Garden. In its typical growth Doumet's Spruce is 

 featured by ascending crowded branches forming a dense conical 

 pyramid. 



The two other spruces behind this last one are Serbian Spruces. 

 Xext to the Oriental Spruces along the path is 



