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Spruce, Colorado, continued 
shades of blue, varying from the green to 
the color of the Koster's Colorado Blue 
Spruce. It is a strong, vigorous tree, 
making a broad pyramid. It was first 
introduced by Dr. Parry, who sent seeds 
from Colorado in 1861, and first raised by 
Asa Gray in Harvard Botanical Garden. 
On the older specimens cultivated in the 
East, the lower branches are already be- 
ginning to die. It is a good seaside tree 
and should be included in most groups of 
evergreens for the contrast of its gray-green 
foliage. 
Colorado Blue. P. pungens, var. glauca. 
These are selected from seedlings of the 
above and are blue-green, or sage-color. 
Being so striking a contrast and a high- 
priced novelty it has become widely known 
and much sought after, and promises to 
remain in fashion for many years to come. 
In the harmonious grouping of evergreens, 
it is rather difficult to place as it attracts 
too much attention to itself. It appears to 
say, "Look at me; I cost more than all the 
rest." It cheerfully lights up a dark corner 
and harmonizes with a background of 
Englemann's Spruce and White Spruce, 
graded back to the darker Pines and Firs. 
The scintillations of its silvery sheen are 
like a lace of hoar-frost sparkling in the sun. 
We have hundreds of these trees and be- 
lieve that we are offering one of the cheap- 
est opportunities to get trees of good, dis- 
tinct blue color. 
Koster's Colorado Blue. P. pungens, var. 
glauca Kosterii. This bears the name of an 
enterprising nurseryman who selected an 
extra-blue tree from which to graft. The 
color of a block of trees is more uniform 
than the above. Our stock has been grown here 
for some time, has large balls of roots, and has 
become well acclimated. 
Oriental. P. orientalis. This is the best tall, dark, 
narrow column. On the Cowl place at Great 
Oriental Spruce on the grounds of Mr. Clarkson Cowl, Great 
Neck, L. L, showing its superiority to the Norway Spruce on the 
right, which is ragged and open. White Spruce is equally superior 
with the added advantage of a cheerful blue-green color. 
Spruce, Oriental, continued 
Neck, there is an avenue of magnificent speci- 
mens 45 feet high and 20 feet broad. This species 
always presents a dense mass of foliage be- 
cause it retains its foliage for eight or nine years, 
Douglas Spruce and White Birch at Maxwelton, Glen Cove. Pine, Oak, Spruce and Birch compose well in the land- 
scape, and they like each other's company 
