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and adapts itself to a great variety of 
soils. It is one of the best for shelter, 
and the best large growing Evergreen 
to plant near buildings or along streets 
to be trimmed up for shade; few trees 
unite so many elements of beauty and 
utility as our native White Pine. 
Bull Pine or Western Yellow Pine (Pinus 
ponderosa) — A heavy wooded pine and a 
rapid grower, forming a tree of great 
size. Its very long coarse foliage is a 
beautiful light green and stands out 
squarely from the limbs, thus making 
it very valuable for landscape or wind- 
breaks. This tree requires the best of 
care in transplanting, but when once 
started, thrives in almost any location, 
either wet or very dry. Undoubtedly 
this is the best pine for western Iowa 
and beyond. 
Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris) — A rapid 
growing, hardy variety with stout erect 
shoots and green foliage. Good for shel- 
ter or landscape planting. It is one o£ 
the hardiest Evergreens and adapts it- 
self rapidly to the trying climate of the 
North and Northwest. It also thrives 
in the Southwest or West. It is rather 
short lived and cannot be depended upon 
for more than twenty-five or thirty 
years. 
Mugho or Dwarf Mountain Pine (Pinus 
Mugho) — This unique Alpine species 
forms a very compact, dark green, dome- 
shaped bush, broader than high. It is 
very valuable for planting on lawns, ter- 
race banks, hillsides, rockeries, etc. 
Red Pine or Norway Pine (Pinus resinosa) 
— One of the finest of the Pines but not 
generally known. It grows almost as 
rapidly as the White Pine and makes a 
very pretty tree. The leaves are very 
numerous, about six inches long and a 
bright dark green. 
Spruces 
American White Spruce (Picea alba) — A 
pyramidal tree of dense growth, with 
light silvery green foliage. A longer 
lived, more compact, and in all respects 
a better tree than Norway Spruce. One 
of the best for general use and very fine 
for lawn planting. 
Black Hills Spruce — A strain of the White 
Spruce native to the Black Hills. Slower 
growing, more dense and better colored 
than White Spruce. Some specimens 
rival Colorado Blue Spruce in color. One 
of the hardiest and easiest to transplant 
of all the Spruces. 
Colorado Blue Spruce or Silver Spruce 
(Picea pungens) — This Evergreen 
grows over a greater range of 
territory than any other member 
of the Evergreen family. Its home 
is in the clefts and recesses of the . 
Rocky Mountains, where it grows 
on barren soils, exposed to the 
roughest weather. It heads the 
family of Spruces for hardiness 
and longevity and is the most 
ornamental of the Evergreen fam- 
ily. Seedlings vary from dark 
green to silvery blue; n ©descrip- 
tion can do it justice, it has to be 
seen to be appreciated. 
Koster's Grafted Blue Spruce — These 
are uniform in color and finest blue 
green it is possible to obtain. 
Norway Spruce (Abies excelsa) — A 
very popular variety from Europe. 
It has been more extensively 
planted in this country than any 
other Evergreen. It is a rapid 
grower, easy to transplant, and 
adapted to a great variety of soils, 
but rather short lived. 
Arborvitaes 
American Arborvltae (Thuya occi- 
dentalis) — One of the finest Ever- 
greens for ornamental screens or 
hedges. It grows rapidly, soon 
forming the most beautiful hedge. 
It bears trimming to any extent 
desired, and plants which have 
been rendered compact by clipping, 
retain the fresh green of their 
leaves in winter better than those 
with more open foliage. For an 
ornamental hedge, plants may be 
set fifteen to twenty-four inches apart; 
for a screen to grow tall, plant about 
two to three feet apart. 
Chinese Pyramidal Arborvltae — A rapid 
growing, upright tree, not as dense as 
the American Pyramidal but with bright 
green foliage. 
George Peabody Arborvltae — One of the 
most beautiful members of the Arbor- 
Colorado Blue Spruce. 
