ENGLEMANN SPRUCE 
ENGELMANN SPRUCE 
A tree of singular beauty with green to 
steel-blue coloring that with all its other 
good qualities may make it as w ell known as 
Colorado Spruce. Branches are well ar¬ 
ranged in regular circles near together, 
graduating upward in a fine pyramidal 
outline. 
Resembles white spruce but has shorter, 
more pliant needles; likes a clay loam; will 
maintain its lower branches for forty to 
fifty years, a fine comparison with any other 
spruce. Does well in a northern exposure 
and thrives best in a clay loam. Use it as a 
single specimen or in groups of other spruces 
for color blendings, with other kinds of 
evergreen foliage, for effective contrasts in 
texture and color. 
COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 
(Picea pungens) 
One of the most popularly planted conifers 
today. A beautiful dense cone of blue to 
blue-green foliage. Is much used for 
specimen trees, in the center of lawns. An 
unusual and highly beautiful new use would 
be a hedge all of blue spruces. It should be 
about as beautiful in its way as anything 
conceivable; the range of shades possible in 
20 or 100 of these trees equalling that of a 
pastel box within that restricted range of 
one central color which is found most 
harmonious by artists. 
A rich soil or one well prepared before¬ 
hand is the secret of bringing out more of 
the blueness in these trees, and enough 
water at times seemingly adds to the color. 
COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 
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