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and adapts itself to a great variety of 
-...^'J® °' 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 
"P.'te 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 
shelter or landscape planting. It is one 
of tlie hardiest Evergreens and adapts 
Itself 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. 
Muehn or Dwart Monntaln 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 Nornay Fine (Pinus resin- 
osa)— One of the finest of the Pines 
but not generally known. It grows al- 
most 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 
Amerlcnn White Spruce (PIcea alba)— 
A pyramidal tree of dense growth, with 
light silvery green foliage. A longer 
lived more compact, and in all respects 
^l^f ^^^^ Norway Spruce. One 
of tlie best for general use and very fine 
for lawn planting. 
®'Sr?..'*'i'* Spruce— A strain of the 
White Spruce, native to the Black 
tiius. Slower growing, more flpnse 
and better colored than White 
bpruce. Some specimens rival Colo- 
rado Blue Spruce in color. One of 
the hardiest and easiest to trans- 
plant of all the Spruces. 
Colorado Blue Spruce or Silver Spruce 
(Picea pungens) — This Evergreen 
grows over a greater range of terri- 
tory than any other member of the 
Evergreen family. Its home is in the 
clefts and recesses of the Rocky 
Mountains, where it grows on bar- 
ren soils, exposed to the roughest 
weather. It heads the family of 
fapruces for hardiness and longevity 
and is the most ornamental of the 
Evergreen family. Seedlings vary 
from dark green to silvery blue; no 
description can do it justice. It has to 
be seen to be appreciated. 
KToriTay Spruce (Abies excelsa) — A 
very popular variety from Europe. 
It has been more extensively planted 
m this country than any other Ever- 
green. It is a rapid grower, easy to 
transplant, and adapted to a great 
variety of soils, but rather short 
lived. 
Roster's Grafted Blue Spruce,— Tliese are uniform 
In color and finest blue green it Is pos- 
sible to obtain. 
Arborvitaes 
\merlciin Arliorvltacs (Thuya occldenta 
lis).— One of the finest Evergreens for 
ornamental scrt^ens or hedges. It 
grows rapidly, soon forming The~mbsV 
beautl ful hedge. It bears trimming to 
any extent desired, and plants have 
been rendered compact by clipping re- 
tain the fresh green of their leavis in 
winter better than those with more 
SP<?^f^°^'^^\ ^" ornamental hedge, 
plants may be set 15 to 24 inches apa?t' 
J°r„ a. screen to grow tall, plant about 
^ to 3 feet apart. 
Siberian Arborvitae — One of the hardiest 
and most compact growing Evergreens 
It grows conical in shape and il very 
Fofia,?! specimens, groups or shearing, 
i'oliage IS deep, rich green 
Gcoree Penbody Arborvitae— One of the 
most beautiful members of the Arbor- 
Colotado Blue Spnice 
