TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



EVERGREENS 



Hedge of White Spruce at Maxwelton, Glen Cove, Long Island. Such a hedge costs but little more than Privet. It will 

 be valuable all winter, shutting off the view and the wind. An evergreen hedge is far richer in appearance than any other 

 enclosure. This is the time to get White Spruce in quantity at low rates. 



SPRUCE, continued 



Colorado Blue. P. pungens, var. glauca. These are grown from seed, and are not so uniformly blue as the Koster^s 

 variety. However, the plants are better shaped, being broad and dense, while the Koster's are frequently irregular and 

 more open when young. We have grown large quantities from seed and carefully selected out the bluest specimens. 



Colorado, Medium Blue. P. pungens. These are the selection next the above in degree of color, and are very 

 handsome plants wherewith to make a pleasing contrast with other dark evergreens. 

 Colorado. P. pungens. These are 



those remaining after selecting the two 

 preceding grades. Trees are of excellent 

 quality. Color is a sage-green tinged 

 with blue. Our plants are very broad 

 and handsome. We recommend them 

 for specimen planting. They will 

 remain in excellent condition in the 

 severest situations, on wind-swept hills 

 or at the seashore. 



Englemann's. P. Engelmanni. 

 This is native in Colorado, and varies 

 in color the same as the Colorado 

 Blue Spruce. It can be distinguished 

 from the Colorado Blue by the fact 

 that the needles and the branches 

 point upward, whereas with the Colo- 

 rado Blue they are at right angles.^ It 

 is claimed by some experts that it is a 

 more valuable tree than the Colorado 

 Blue Spruce, and in its native region 

 it is handsomer in old age. We have 

 on hand a large number of small 

 plants, and we recommend those 

 starting extensive plantations to use 

 some of them. 



Douglas. Pseudotsuga Douglasi. 

 We consider this the best rapid-grow- 

 ing Spruce. The form native in Colo- 

 rado which we have, is perfectly hardy. 

 It grows more rapidly than any other 



Japanese Yew and other dwarf evergreens. Plants next to the house receive 

 the closest scrutiny. They should be of fine texture, dark and rich in foliage. 

 They must cover the bare ground and yet they must not grow large too quickly. 

 A planting from our nurseries filling these requirements. Residence of Mr. A. 

 W. Connable, Hewlett, Long Island. Photographed two years after planting, 



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