RED SPRUCE 
healthy dense protective hedges and as tall 
accents about the garden and the house. 
Usual form is a slim pyramid; clipping 
will train it into nearly any form for formal 
gardens. Variations are common, some 
fifty varieties having been developed. 
Arborvitae is hardy as far as northern 
Canada, thriving in nearly any situation or 
soil though it does best in the full sun. 
The foliage is like a pattern of lace, so 
flat that it might have been pressed, yet the 
sprays have a rare tendency to reach vertic¬ 
ally toward the sky. They have a most 
pleasing aromatic odor. Color is a fresh 
bright green except in winter when it be¬ 
comes browned by wind or sun unless 
protected. 
White Cedar hedges are much used by 
market gardeners at Irondequoit, New 
York to protect early vegetables and flowers 
from the wind. The wood is valuable for 
posts, poles and shingles. 
RED SPRUCE 
(Picea rubra) 
A forest tree of great economic importance. 
Seldom found used as an ornamental be¬ 
cause not nearly as attractive as White 
Spruce or the Norway Spruces which it re¬ 
sembles in color. Has red-brown bark, 
short slender branches and grows to 100 
feet tall. Distributed from Canada to high 
mountain peaks of North Carolina. 
AMERICAN ARBORVITAE 
OR WHITE CEDAR 
(Thuja occidentalis) 
One of the best known and loved of all the 
evergreens, this is the “Tree of Life” of 
New England tradition. Alany fine old 
specimens may be found there today in 
WHITE CEDAR 
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