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a tapering trunk. Develops cone-shaped, the most even and 

 regular of all evergreens. A solid, substantial, sturdy, reliable 

 evergreen which should be planted at every home in the 

 country. This variety is grafted. That is, we cut scions from 

 the bluest and handsomest specimens we can find, and graft 

 them on sturdy seedling roots. This insures that every speci- 

 men will be of the true blue color. Seedling Blue Spruces 

 often revert to the green type after a few years, or in other 

 cases are green when young and become blue when older. 



Colorado Blue Spruce. The same thing as Koster's Blue 

 Spruce except not grafted. Our Colorado Blue Spruce trees 

 have been watched carefully. They are propagated from 

 seed harvested from true blue trees and all seedlings showing 

 any tendency to revert to green are not offered as blues. 



Norway Spruce. One of the most largely planted ever- 

 greens all over the country. Is extremely rapid-growing, 

 graceful and handsome, gets very tall, is at home any place 

 you plant it. Norway is suitable for specimen planting, but 

 it is not so good set singly as Blue Spruce, or Firs, Pines, etc. 

 The place for Norway Spruce is in windbreaks, shelter- 

 groups and forest-plantings. 



White Spruce. Greatly resembles Blue Spruce in every- 

 thing except color of foliage. The needles are light green, 

 and have an agreeable odor. A fast grower. Does not get 

 quite so large as Norway. Extremely hardy and one of the 

 best evergreens for windbreaks, shelter-groups and planting 

 of any kind in exposed positions in the North. The cones 

 are slim, less than 2 inches long and glossy brown. If you 

 want to make a permanent screen or windbreak about your 

 home, plant this Spruce. 



HEMLOCKS 



When planted alone, where there is plenty of light, air, and 

 root-space, Hemlock trees grow to enormous 'size, with a 

 tapering trunk several feet in diameter at the base. The 

 branches are slender and short, and the twigs usually droop 

 a little toward the end. The foliage is fine and lacy, two 

 rows of the half-inch needles growing out at either side of 

 twigs and small branches. Cones, of which there are large 

 numbers, are only half an inch long and look like nuts. 



Hemlocks make wonderfully fine hedges; in fact, no other 

 hedges can compare with them in beauty. In about ten years 

 they get to be 8 feet high and 6 feet broad, when properly 

 clipped, and then they are good for one hundred years. 

 Hemlocks thrive in various soils, wet and dry, high and low. 

 They grow out in the full sun, or in heavy shade. The trees 

 do well when planted among pines and spruces, or deciduous 

 trees, in groups or windbreaks; to tell all the uses of Hemlocks 

 would be to go over the list of the uses of evergreens. Get 

 perfect trees to start with and you will not be disappointed 

 with the beauty of your Hemlocks. 



Canadian Hemlock. Sometimes called Hemlock Spruce, 

 and known botanically as Tsuga Canadensis. The fine, flat 

 foliage is shining dark green, and small branches droop from 

 the heavy trunk. The cones are a half-inch long. Grows 

 very large when given plenty of space, but thrives just as 

 well when planted thickly in a hedge, either when trimmed 

 or left to grow naturally. 



PINES 



The old reliable evergreens, some of which should be in- 

 cluded in every ornamental planting. No trees grow faster 



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