PETRIE LANDSCAPE NURSERIES 
9 
The PINES and SPRUCES 
The pines and spruces make up a large list of magnificent evergreens. They are 
very necessary in large landscape compositions. For windbreaks and screens they are 
unexcelled and in their long and charming youth they can be used where dwarfer 
sorts should go. 
Picea canadensis —The white spruce is a 
compact tall growing silvery foliaged 
evergi’een which is not particular about 
soils. 
3 to 4 feet.$4.00 
P. excelsa —The Norway spruce is a fast¬ 
growing, dark green tree of wide culti¬ 
vation. After it is forty or thereabouts 
it gets scraggly. 
3 to 4 feet.$3.00 
4 to 5 feet. 4.50 
5 to 6 feet. 6.00 
P. pungcns glauca —Colorado Blue Spruce. 
The ordinary Colorado Blue spruce. 
24 to 30 inches.$5.00 
P. pungens Moerheimi —A grafted select 
form of Colorado blue with intense sil¬ 
ver blue foliage. 
15 to 18 inches.$2.75 
18 to 24 inches. 3..25 
Pinas austriaca —Austrian or Black Pine 
is a dense-growing pine with very dark 
green unchanging foliage of unusual 
length. Not a fast grower. 
18 to 24 inches.$2.00 
2 to 3 feet. 2.50 
3 to 4 feet. 4.00 
P. densiflora — Japanese Red Pine is a 
rapid growing open formed pine with 
long fine bright green needles. 
2 to 3 feet.$2.50 
4 to 5 feet. 5.00 
P. mugho —Dwarf mountain pine is a 
dense compact grower attaining a great 
spread without great height. A lovely 
dark green shrubby pine that will grow 
almost anywhere. 
12 to 15 inch spread .$1.75 
15 to 18 inches . 2.50 
18 to 24 inches. 3.00 
24 to 30 inches. 3.50 
P. resinosa —Red Pine is a magnificent 
tall pine with strong branches and dark 
green foliage. 
2 to 3 feet.$2.50 
3 to 4 feet. 3,50 
4 to 5 feet. 5.00 
P. sylvestris — Scotch Pine is the most 
commonly planted of the pines. A very 
fast grower with short, light green 
needles. 
2 to 3 feet .$2.50 
3 to 4 feet . 3.25 
Pseudotsuga Douglasi —Douglas fir is a 
heavy grower with foliage like the 
hemlock. 
18 to 24 inches. $2.00 
2 to 3 feet. 2.75 
3 to 4 feet. 3.75 
5 to 6 feet. 5.00 
THUYA—The Arbor V itae 
Thuya occidentals Columbia — A dwarf 
form of American arborvitae with gold¬ 
en tips in spring. Prefers partial shade. 
18 to 24 inches.$1.00 
24 to 30 inches. 1.50 
T. occidental is compacta —Parsons’ arbor¬ 
vitae is a slow grower of almost glob¬ 
ular shape. It never gets any height. 
12 to 15 inches .$1.25 
15 to 18 inches. 1.5U 
18 to 24 inches. 2.00 
24 to 30 inches. 2.75 
T. occidentals conica densa —- This is a 
very slow grower; a dwarf that really 
stays dwarf. 
15 to 18 inches. $2.00 
1.8 to 24 inches. 3.00 
T. occidentals pyramidalis — Pyramidal 
American arborvitae is a narrow grow¬ 
ing tall form much used in foundation 
plantings in some types of architecture. 
12 to 15 inches.$1.00 
15 to 18 inches. 1.25 
18 to 24 inches. 1.75 
24 to 30 inches. 2.25 
30 to 36 inches . 3.00 
36 to 42 inches . 3.75 
12 to 48 inches . 5.00 
T. occidentals Rosenthalli —Rosenthals 
arborvitae is a dwarf pyramidal form 
that grows about six feet. 
12 to 15 inches . 1.00 
18 to 24 inches. 2.00 
24 to 30 inches. 3.50 
T. occidentals W oodwardi —Woodward’s 
Globe arborvitae is a dwarf form, very 
round and very green but like all other 
arborvitae it browns in winter. 
12 to 15 inches.$1.50 
15 to 18 inches. 1.75 
T. Occidentalis spicata alba —A dwarf con¬ 
ical form with white tips on the new 
growth. 
15 to 18 inches.$2.00 
24 to 30 inches. 3.50 
T. orientals pyramidalis — The oriental 
form is a finer foliaged type than the 
American. Useful in the same way but 
will stand a great deal more heat. 
21 to 30 inches.$2.25 
30 to 36 inches. 3.00 
36 to 42 inches. 3.75 
T. orientals texana glauca —This is a form 
originating in Texas with lovely blue 
green foliage in summer and purple 
bronze in winter. It is the best colored 
