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inches, 40c each, $3.00 per 10, $25. 00 per 100; 12 to 18 inches, 25c each, $2.00 per 10, 
$17.50 per 100. 
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 
oi the 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. 2 to 
feet, 40c each, $3.50 per 10, $30.00 per 100; 18 to 24 inches, 30c each, $2.50 per 10, 
20.00 per 100. 
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, terrace banks, hillsides, rockeries, etc. 12 to 
18 inches broad, 50c each, 18 to 24 inches, 60c each. 
Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea). — A well known popular tree; very handsome 
while young, assuming an upright, conical form. Leaves dark green above, silvery 
beneath; retains its color throughout the winter; grows rapidly, and is desirable in 
every way, but should be planted where there is plenty of moisture. 5 to 6 feet, 
$1.00 each; 4 to 5 feet, 75c each; 3 to 4 feet, 50c each; 2 to 3 feet, 40c each; 18 to 
24 inches, 30c each. 
Concolor Fir — White or Silver Fir (Abies concolor). — This Evergreen is of the 
rarest beauty; its beautiful silvery green foliage is the same the year round. It is 
a good grower and makes a large tree. It does best where somewhat protected 
from seveic Southwest or West winds and sun. 3 to 4 feet, $3.00 each; 2 to 3 feet, 
$2.50, each; 12 to 18 inches, $1.00. 
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. 2 to 3 feet, 50c each, $4.50 for 10; 18 to 24 inches, 40c each, $3.00 
for 10; 12 to 18 inches, 30c each, $2.50 for 10. 
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 speci- 
mens rival Colorado Blue Spruce in color. One of the hardiest, and easiest to 
transplant of all the Spruces. 4 feet, $1.50 each; 3 1-2 eet, $1.25 each; 3 feet, $1.00 
each, $9.00 for 10; 2 1-2 feet, 85c each, $7.50 for 10; 2 feet, 65c each, $5.50 for 10; 
18 to 24 inches, 50c each, $4.50 for 10, $40 per 100; 12 to 18 inches, 40c each, $3.50 
for 10, $30 per 100; 8 to 12 inches, 30c each, $2.50 for 10, $20 per 100. 
Colorado Blue Spruce or Silver Spruce (Picea pungens) .— iThis 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 
family. Seedlings vary from dark green to silvery blue; no description can do it 
justice; it has to be seen to be appreciated. The grafted specimens are the purest 
blue it is possible to produce. Selected blue specimens, $1.00 per ft.; green or 
bluish green, 60c per ft. Sizes, 1 to 6 feet. 
Koster's Grafted Blue Spruce, $1.50 per ft. Sizes, 1 to 4 feet. 
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. 2 to 3 feet, 40c each, $3.00 for 10, $25.00 per 100; 18 to 24 inches, 
30c each, $2.00 for 10, $17.50 per 100; 12 to 18 inches, 20c each, $1.50 for 10, $12.50 
per 100. 
Virginia Juniper (Red Cedar). — A well known American tree which varies 
much in habit and color of foliage. It succeeds well on the Western plains and 
■dry, sandy soils where other Evergreens fail. Very desirable for ornamental pur- 
poses, windbreaks and hedges. 18 to 24 inches, 40c each, $3.50 per 10; 12 to 18 
inches, 25c each, $2.50 per 10, $20.00 per 100. 
American Arborvitae (Thuya Occidentalis) . — (One of the finest Evergreens 
for ornamental screens or hedges. It grows rapidly, soon forming the most beau- 
tiful 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 
15 to 24 inches apart; for a screen to grow tall, plant about 2 to 3 feet apart. 2 to 
3 feet, 40c each, $3.00 per 10, $25.00 per 100; 18 to 24 inches, 30c, each, $2.00 per »o, 
$17.50 per 100; 12 to 18 inches, 20c each, $1.75 per 10, $12.50 per 100. 
Siberian Arborvitae. — One of the hardiest and most compact-growing Ever- 
