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ALBANY NURSERIES 
Conifera : EVERGREEN TREES, Cont'd. 
Picea: SPRUCES. 
Pyramidal evergreens with tall tapering 
trunk, slender horizontal branches ending 
in stout twigs. This group includes some 
of the most useful as well as the most or- 
namental of all the conifers. They are me- 
dium fast growers, very symmetrical in 
form. Most of them are adaptive to any 
soil, except extremes of dry or wet. They 
are adapted to planting as specimens and 
in groups for wind-breaks, etc. The Nor- 
way spruce is the most common species in 
cultivation. 
P. excelsa. NORWAY SPRUCE. As an 
ornamental it is valued for its grand sym- 
metry of graceful flowing outline. Beset 
with dark green foliage, a very rapid grow- 
er, making sometimes three or four feet in 
a season. It is well adapted for wind- 
breaks, screens and hedges, standing shear- 
ing quite well. 
^ P. Engelmannii. ENGELMANNII 
SPRUCE. Tree of rather pyramidal shape 
with slender sprouting branches, leaves 
bluish green. Somewhat resembles P. 
pungens. 
P. pungens. COLORADO BLUE 
SPRUCE. Noted for its remarkable blue 
to silvery foliage. The persistence of the 
blue color depends upon satisfactory well 
watered soil conditions. Its habit is regu- 
lar, compact, pyramidal. Leaves are rigid, 
very acute. 
Var. glauca. Variety of the above in 
which the blue tone is more marked. 
Var. glaucau pendula. WEEPING 
SPRUCE with decidedly drooping branch- 
es. Growth very irregular and picturesque. 
Var. Kosteri. ROSTER’S BLUE 
SPRUCE. An extremely blue variety 
with shorter leaves and more compact 
growth. The most attractive of all the 
blue spruces. 
Pinus: PINES. 
This is the largest genus of conifers. 
Adapted to the driest soil and to drought 
conditions as well as to swamps and humid 
climates. Somewhat like the spruces in 
habit. Less formal, more open in growth. 
Foliage is less dense. Nearly all are rapid 
growers. 
P. nigra. BLACK or AUSTRIAN PINE. 
A remarkably hardy tree, rather spreading 
in habit. Leaves are long, stiff and dark 
green. A rapid grower. 
P. Montana Mughus. SWISS PINE. A 
dwarf tree or shrub, with several stems 
from the ground. In bush form popularly 
used where low mass foliage is desired. 
Used to screen unsightly places. It is a 
dark rich green color. Perfectly hardy. 
P. Sirobus. WHITE PINE. Foliage rather 
feathery. Planted as specimens or in 
groups. Best suited to medium soils. Very 
rapid grower. Well suited for mixture 
with deciduous trees. 
P. sylvestrus. SCOTCH PINE. Tall tree, 
native of northern Europe. Noted for its 
rapidity of growth. Branches rather stout 
and stiff. Foliage gray green. Very good 
for mass effects. 
Pseudotsuga: RED FIR. 
Pseudotsuga taxifolio (P. mucronaga, 
Sudw.) THE RED FIR or DOUGLAS 
SPRUCE Pyramidal tree, upright trunk, 
horizontal branches. With pendulous 
branchlets. Bright green foliage. Tree is 
very useful as an ornamental. Can be used 
as specimen tree or in mass plantings to 
good advantage. 
PODOCARPUS. 
Japonica. JAPAN YEW. A peculiar, 
charming, erect tree from Japan, hardier 
and denser than the Irish Yew, eminently 
fitting it for cemetery purposes. 
RETINISPORA. (See Chamaecy paris.) 
Sequoia Gigantea: CALIFORNIA BIG 
TREE. 
A pyramidal tree attaining great height. 
Has a straight erect trunk, dense spread- 
ing branches, slightly curved downward. 
Foliage rather light green. Very hand- 
some tree for a large lawn. Tree makes 
quite a rapid growth. 
Taxus: YEWS. 
The Yews are not conifers as is generally 
supposed. They are generally grouped 
with the evergreens. They are evergreen 
trees and shrubs with spreading horizontal 
branches and flat leaves. The growth is 
slow; fruit is berry like, red in color. 
Taxus braccata. ENGLISH YEW. Na- 
tive of Europe. Tree or large shrub, of 
slow growth, very bushy head, densely 
branched, thickly covered with dark green 
leaves. Can be pruned into any shape. 
Var. erecta. Similar to the above except 
that it is pyramidal in habit, of very dark 
green foliage. 
