D, M, ANDfREWS, BOULDER, COLORADO 
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Colorado Blue Spruce 
I am frequently requested for seeds of the Blue Spruce, the State tree of Colorado. 
This year I have fresh seed, saved from my XX select blue strain, and this seed is offered 
at 50 cents for % ounce packet, $1.50 per ounce. 
I do not recommend seeds except in the hands of a skilled grower, as their culture 
requires lath shades and extreme care in watering to prevent “damping off,” and it is a 
slow process at best. 
I am pleased to offer therefore, and to fully recommend, thrifty young transplants, 
grown two years in the seed bed and two years since transplanting. There is nothing to 
compare with this stock, grown from my XX strain, either in its splendid blue color or 
in its exceptional root development. They are ready to plant out anywhere and require 
no shading. 
In size they are 6 to 10 inches tall, and the prices are as follows: 10 for $2.00, (5 for 
$1.10), by parcel post prepaid; 25 for $4.00, not prepaid; 100 for $15.00, not prepaid. 
A few choice specimen select Blue Spruce are offered, 12 inches or taller, balled and 
burlapped, at $2.50 each, a pair for $5.00. Larger specimens, 20 to 24 inches tall, B. & B., 
$5.00 each, $10.00 per pair. The color is often as fine as grafted stock, and the growth is 
more symmetrical. Specimens are packed ready for shipment, but are not prepaid. 
Note. I cannot supply the grade of seedlings offered last year, nor any Juniperus 
scopulorum, except large specimen stock. 
A bit of Rocky Mountain woodland 
