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Koster’s Blue Spruce. Norway Spruce 
leaf surface is in brilliant contrast at all times with the deep green 
above. 
Doumetti. Like the above, but having bluish gray needles. A 
beautiful and attractive, diminutive tree. 
excelsa (Norway Spruce). A lofty tree, of perfect pyramidal 
form remarkably elegant and rich, and as it gets age, has fine graceful , 
pendulous branches: it is exceedingly picturesque and beautiful. 
Very popular and deservedly so. One of the best evergreens for 
hedges and wind breaks. 
var. inverta (Weeping Norway Spruee). A pendulous variety of 
the Norway Spruee with larger and brighter foliage than that of the 
species. The lateral branches of the large trees are as drooping as a 
willow. 
var. pygmea (Dwarf Spruce). A dwarf, compact spruce, with 
short crowded branches, round form. 
orientalis (Eastern Spruce). From the shores of the Black Sea. 
A handsome tree, tall and eompact, and remarkable for its graceful 
habit and slender foliage. Needs protection here while 
young. 
pungens glauca (Colorado Blue Spruce). A most beautiful 
variety discovered and disseminated from the Rocky Mountains, 
it is the nearest blue of any evergreen, very distinct in foliage and 
growth; fine compact habit. It is in great demand as a lawn tree 
throughout the eastern states where fine specimens are established 
proving it the best of all evergreen trees for the lawn. Foliage rich 
blue or sage color. 
var. Kosteriana (Koster’s Blue Spruce). A selected strain of the 
bluest form from the Colorado Blue Spruce. Very blue. 
Pinus. Pine 
P. Austriaca (Austrian or Black Pine). A 
remarkably robust, hardy, spreading tree; leaves 
long, stiff, and dark green; growth rapid. 
Cembra (Swiss Stone Pine). Of thick, regu- 
lar growth, foliage resembling the White Pine 
and quite silvery. 
Mugho. (Dwarf Mugho Pine). An upright, 
small, beautiful pine bush. 
sylvestris (Scotch Pine). A fine, robust, rapid 
growing tree, with stout, erect shoots and silvery 
green foliage. 
strobus (White Pine). The most ornamental 
of all our native pines; foliage light, delicate 
or silvery green; flourishes in the poorest soils. 
Retinospora 
R. filifera (Thread-Branched Cypress). Bright 
green foliage. Weeping habit. 
var. aurea. Golden branched form of the 
above. 
obtusa. Beautiful fem-like branches, more 
or less weeping. Foliage bright green. 
var. aurea. Bright golden foliage. 
pisifera (Pea-Fruited Cypress). Bright green, 
pendulous branches. 
var. aurea. Rich golden yellow. Very distinet. 
plumosa. Foliage bright green. A beautiful 
evergreen. 
var. aurea. Golden branched; compact, up- 
right habit. One of the most popular. 
squarrosa. Foliage silvery. Very beautiful. 
Taxus. Yew 
T. baccata (English Yew). A very fine pyra- 
midal variety with dark green foliage; hardy 
and desirable. 
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