
The raising of Christmas Trees for resale has been found a profitable investment. 
Persons having waste land or cheap land who are located near to larger centers of popu- 
lation will find a ready market for Norway Spruce trees grown for the Christmas Tree 
market. If you are interested in obtaining further information, we will be glad to 
send details upon request 
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Norway Spruce Foliage {1% natural size} 
Norway Spruce 
(Picea excelsa) 
HIS tree is doubtless more familiar, at 
least to persons in the northern and eastern 
states, than any other Evergreen. It has 
been planted for so many years, and so exten- 
sively, that it is looked upon almost as a native 
species. Its tall, drooping, dark, somber, green 
color is a familiar sight along country roads, in 
old cemeteries, and around farm homes. This 
tree, together with the European Larch and the 
Scotch Pine, comprised the first plantings made 
in the Hill Nursery Company in 1855. 
Norway Spruce is widely distributed through- 
out central Europe, obtaining great size and 
girth, up to two hundred feet. Because of its 
wide distribution, there is some variance in the 
characteristics of the trees from different locali- 
ties. Generally, those seeds collected from the 
more northern latitudes are superior. 
Having been grown for ornamental uses for 
several hundred years, it is only to be expected 
that a large number of horticultural varieties has 
developed. 
It is thoroughly hardy, robust, and thrifty 
both on damp and on higher dry soil, and will 
doubtless remain, for generations to come, one of 
the most familiar sights of the American land- 
scape, particularly in the central western states. 

The living Christmas Tree! It gives joy to 
the owner and cheer to all 
