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ELLWANGER & BARRY'S CATALOGUE . 
AJBIES [including Picea and Tmga], Spruce, Fir and Hemlock. 
Section I. Abies. Spruce and Hemlock. 
Leaven needle shaped, scattered all around shoots, (including Tsuga—the Hemlocks, with flat leaves 
mostly two ranked.) 
A. alba. White Spruce. A native tree of medium size, varying in height 
from 25 to 50 feet, of pyramidal form. Foliage silvery gray, and bark light colored. 
Very hardy and valuable. See cut. 
fvar. caerulea. The Glaucous Spruce. A small and beautiful 
variety, of rather loose spreading habit, with bluish green foliage; very hardy and 
valuable. $1.00 to $1.50. 
fvar. liana. A moderate grower, foliage light glaucous green. As the 
plant increases in age the branches droop. $1.50. 
fA. Alcocquiana. Alcock’s Spruce. From Japan. It forms a beautiful 
tree of close habit. Foliage pale green, silvery underneath and glaucous above. 
Valuable. $2.00. 
A. _ Canadensis. Hemlock Spruce. A remarkably graceful and beautiful 
native„tree, with drooping branches, and delicate dark foliage, like that of the Yew 
distinct from all other trees. It is a handsome lawn tree, and makes a highly orna¬ 
mental hedge. 50c. to $1.00. 
fvar. densata. Dense Hemlock Spruce. A handsome dense grow intr 
dwarf variety. $1.50. 
fvar. microphylla. Small-leaved Hemlock Spruce. A pretty 
variety with small foliage. $1.50. 
Abies excelsa. Norway Spruce. From Europe. An elegant tree, ex¬ 
tremely hardy, of lofty, rapid growth, and pyramidal form. The branches assume a 
graceful, drooping habit, when the tree attains 15 or 20 feet in height. One of the 
most popular evergreens for planting, either as single specimen trees, or in masses for 
effect or shelter. It is one of the best evergreen hedge plants. 50 cents to $1.00. 
. . y ar ; . Barry ii. Barry’s Spruce. A handsome variety of the preced¬ 
ing, which originated in our nurseries some years ago, from seed. To all the desirable 
and valuable characteristics of its parent, it adds gracefulness of outline, elegance of 
form, moderate compact growth, and rich deep green foliage. $2.00. 
$ 9 00 ^ Var# COmpacta# A dense grower, with light green foliage. $1.00 to 
i u-* t var * conica. Conical Spruce. A dwarf variety, of compact, conical 
becomes P erfect V symmetrical without pruning. One of the best. $1.00 to 
<J>2.U0. 
the lawn^iLOofo*® 8 * A gr ° Wing pknt ’ ° f m ° denlte size ' Fine for 
, a Vc ? r ’ • ®^' van 8’ er11 * Ellwanger’s Spruce. A very distinct and 
novel dwarf variety of .Norway Spruce, which originated from seed in our nurseries 
several years since. It possesses all the desirable and valuable qualities of its parent, 
such as hardiness, vigor, adaptation to soils generally, and at the same time is a dwarf 
compact grower of handsome form, with rich, deep green foliage, and peculiarly 
T Und ?' Its . le? J veS are * h °rt, stiff; sharp-pointed, and instead of 
close y to the branches, as is the case with the most of Spruces, they project out¬ 
ward, bristle-like, giving the tree quite a novel and distinct appearance. F J 
Price. For plants 12 to 18 inches, $1.00 each ; 18 to 24 inches, $2.00 each. 
™ A V; T Binedonensis. The Finedon Spruce. A striking variety of 
compact habit having the young leaves on the upper sides of the shoots, firet of a pale 
yellow color, then changing to a bronzy brown, and finally to a light <*reen. The 
leaves on the underside, green from the first. $2.00. 
