Kelsey's 
Hardy American 
:Plants 
HARDY NATIVE TREES 
EVERGREEN, Con. 
PICEA canadensis {alba). White Spruce. 
60-150 ft. Both the green and the blue 
forms of this fine conifer are unexcelled 
in beauty. The trees feather to the 
ground. 1-2 ft., 30c. ea., $2.50 for 10. 
engelmanni. Engelmann’s Spruce. 60-100 
ft. Rocky Mountains. A rare species 
of greatest beauty. Under side of foliage 
light blue. 6-12 in., 40c. ea., $3 for 10. 
mariana {nigra). Black Spruce. 50-100ft. 
Very fine dense evergreen eventually mak¬ 
ing a well-shaped cone-like tree. 6-12 
in., ioc. ea., 75c. for 10; 1-2 ft., 20c. 
ea., $1.50 for 10. 
pungens. Colorado Blue Spruce. 50-100 ft. 
Foliage silvery blue. One of the showiest 
of all Spruces and an elegant lawn tree. 
6-12 in., 25c. ea., £2 for 10; 12-18 in., 
40c. ea., $3 for 10. 
rubra. Red Spruce. 50-100 ft. Much like 
the Black Spruce, with larger and darker 
leaves. 3-9 in., 20c. ea., £1.50 for 10. 
PINUS contorta {banksiana). Twisted Pine. 
40-100ft. A rare species; rapid grower, 
producing very small cones. Small, 3-6 
in., 15c. ea., $1.25 for 10. 
ponderosa. Western Yellow Pine. 60- 
300 ft. A Colorado Pine of heavy growth 
and great size. Stands exposed situations 
well. 6-12 in., 20c. ea., 51.50 for 10; 
12-18 in., 30c. ea., $2.50 for 10. 
pungens. Table Mountain Pine. 30-60 
ft. Cones persistent for many years, pre¬ 
senting an odd appearance. Very desirable. 6-7 ft., 75c. ea., $6 for 10. 
rcsinosa. Red Pine. 75-150 ft. Growth somewhat like White Pine, with long 
needles. Of greatest value and beauty. 6-12 in., 15c. ea., $1.25 for 10. 
strobus. White Pine. 60-175 ft. The tallest, most stately and perhaps the most 
beautiful of our eastern native conifers. Rapid grower and producing quick effect. 
Soft bluish green needles. 1-2 ft., 15c. ea., £1.25 for 10; 2-3 ft., 30c. ea., $2 .50 for 
10; 3-4 ft., 60c. ea., $4 for 10; 4-5 ft., 75c. ea., £6 for 10. 
flexilis. Limber Pine. 40-60 ft. Stout horizontal branches, forming narrow open 
pyramid. 3-5 in., 15c. ea., $1.25 for jo. 
PSEUDOTSUGA ( Picea) taxifolia. Douglas Spruce. 75-300 ft. A choice, rapid-grow¬ 
ing Spruce with dark green foliage. Elegant for lawn. 6-12 in., 20c. ea., $1.50 for 10. 
Specimen plant of Carolina Hemlock ( Tsuga carollnlana). 
TAXODIUM distichum. Sec under Deciduous Trees. 
THUJA occidcntalis. Arbor-vitae. 30-65 ft. One of our best hedge plants for tall 
hedges or wind-breaks. A good lawn plant. 1-2 ft., 15c. ea., £1 for 10, $5 per 100. 
TSUGA canadensis. Hemlock. 50-100 ft. It can be a stately lawn tree, a wide- 
spreading shrub or a hedge plant, and in each place it hardly has an equal. 6-12 
in., 10c. ea., 75c. for 10; 12-18 in., 15c. ea., £1.25 for 10; 18-24 in., 25c. ea., 
£2 for 10; 2-3 ft., 40c. ea., £3.50 for 10; 3-4 ft., 75c. ea., £6 for 10. 
caroliniana. Carolina Hemlock. 40-80 ft. This grand new Hemlock, introduced by 
us, possesses a distinct pyramidal growth and attains a height of 40 to 80 feet. Its 
dense, dark foliage and graceful habit are only approached by some of the finer 
Japanese Hemlocks which it somewhat resembles. Some fine specimens, nearly 20 feet 
high, are to be seen in the Arnold Arboretum, and are the first plants of this 
Hemlock ever sent out, being supplied by us to Prof. C. S. Sargent, director, in 1884. 
3-6 in., 15c. ea., £1 for 10; 6-12 in., 30c. ea., £2.50 for 10; 1-2 ft., 45c. ea., 
£4 for 10; 2-3 ft., £1.25 ea., £10 for 10; 3-4 ft., £3.50 ea., £25 for 10; larger sizes 
and specimens, £4 to £12 ea. (See illustration.) 
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