244 Trees for Shade and Ornament 
with very dark, almost black foliage, only the last year’s shoot showing 
the blue color. It should be used sparingly, to light up dark corners, 
and singly on small lawns. 
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Fic. 80.-—~ Japanese Spruce. Picea polita Carr. 
P. orientalis Carr. (75), from the Caucasus, the most graceful and 
distinguished of all spruces, with its short, crowded, closely appressed, 
very dark, glossy foliage, similar to the Norway, with somewhat pendu- 
lous branchlets, the branches persisting to the giound for a long time. 
Being of slow growth and a medium-sized tree, it is well adapted for 
small places. Very hardy. 
P. poltta Carr. (76), from Japan, is almost the opposite of P. orien- 
