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any kind of soil. It is also a magnificent 
ornamental evergreen, much used for lawn 
planting. The Norway Spruce makes a good 
hedge as it stands pruning well. It is espe¬ 
cially recommended for planting either as a 
windbreak, hedge or ornamental tree in In¬ 
diana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, the eastern 
three-fourths of Iowa, and the southern half 
of Minnesota. Its foliage is dark green with 
short, stiff needles. Quite an industry has 
grown up of late years raising Norway Spruce 
for Christmas Trees. Type A—40 feet. 
PINUS MUGHO (Dwarf or Table Mountain 
Pine) —This is the most beautiful of all 
dwarf pines. It forms a low round top, and 
the breadth of the tree is frequently double 
its height. Foliage bright green. A valuable 
tree for ornamental planting. Type D—4 
feet. 
PINUS PONDEROSA (Bull Pine) —A very 
rapid-growing pine of the Rocky Mountains. 
The leaves of this pine are very long, 6 to 10 
inches, dark green on top and bluish-white 
underneath. It is highly drought resistant 
and prized through some sections of Nebras¬ 
ka and Dakota where evergreens are hard to 
grow. Type A—35 feet. 
RED CEDAR —This is the common cedar, na¬ 
tive of the Northwest. Fine foliage; broad 
spreading top, and probably the most durable 
post or tie timber known. It stands shearing 
well, and is best known in its clipped form. 
It is partial to sandy or rocky soil. Type B 
—20 feet. 
SCOTCH PINE —One of the most rugged of all 
evergreens; a very rapid-growing tree and 
one which will stand almost any climate. 
Type A—35 feet. 
WHITE SPRUCE (Picea Canadensis) — The 
White Spruce is native to North America, 
being found growing as far north as the 
coasts of the Arctic Ocean. Grows freely on 
almost any kind of soil but prefers moist to 
dry situations. It has no superior as a shel- 
terbelt tree as it will grow where other trees 
cannot. It is especially recommended for 
shelterbelt in the Middle West, particularly 
in Western Iowa and Minnesota and on the 
wind-swept prairies of Nebraska, North and 
South Dakota and Montana, where few other 
kinds of evergreens survive. On account of 
its beautiful shape, the White Spruce is much 
used for ornamental purposes. Foliage light 
green, the branches carry to the ground even 
when the tree is forty or fifty years old. Type 
A—40 feet. 
No. 1 No. 2 
In planting evergreens, as with all other trees, the hole should be 
made large and deep enough to permit spreading the roots as in No. 1. 
A tree planted as in No. 2 is not likely to succeed. 
