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Linn County Nursery 
t^n adapts Itself to a great variety of 
f^H °' 'he best for shelter, 
T^iH? i^'^f®, 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. 
Western Yellow Pine (Pinus 
ponderosa)— A heavy wooded pine and a 
rapid grower, forming a tree of great 
hl'^ tJ^f Y-^""5' coarse foliage is a 
beautiful light green and stands out 
squarely from the limbs, thus malting 
it very valuable for landscape or wind- 
breaks. This tree requires the best of 
5?""^ transplanting, but when once 
started, thrives In almost any location, 
fiio L *^ .^^''.y ^''y- Undoubtedly 
this is the best pine for western Iowa 
and beyond. 
Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris)— A rapid 
growing, hardy variety with stout erect 
f^r and^green foliage. Good for shel- 
tZ h.rH/i=?'=|P^ planting. It is one of 
the hardiest Evergreens and adapts it- 
No5f ""y'^S climate of the 
North and Northwest. It also thrives 
in the Southwest or West. It is rather 
fo?"" m'J.^'* ''^r""' depended upo^ 
yeLs twenty-flve or thirty 
""^JIF''"^ Dwarf Mountain Pine (Pinus 
Mugho)— This unique Alpine speciel 
forms a very compact, dark green, dome- 
shaped bush, broader than high It is 
very valuable for planting on iSwns ter- 
race banks, hillsides, rockeries, etc. 
"^'^nnS*^?'*?" (Pinus resinosa) 
—One of the finest ot the Pines but not 
generally known. It grows almost as 
rapidly as the White Pine and makes I 
very pretty tree. The leaves ^e viry 
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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 
or 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. 
Blue Sprnce or Stiver Spmce 
(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. 
Kostcr'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 6pen 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. aooui 
Chinese Pyramidal Arborvltae — A raold 
growing, upright tree, not as dense as 
grlen'^fXIe.^'"'^'"'''^' '^"'^ •""'^'^t 
Georgre Peabody Arborvltae— One of the 
most beautiful members of the Arbor- 
Colorado Blue Spruce, 
