

* ENGELMANN SPRUCE 
(Picea engelmanni) 
COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 
(Picea pungens glauca) 
GIRARD BROTHERS’ NURSERY, GENEVA, OHIO 

BLACK HILL SPRUCE 
(Picea canadensis albertiana) 
SPRUCE - (Picea) 
Spruce are unsurpassed for their ornamental 
qualities. They are conical or pyramidal 
evergreens of great hardiness and useful- 
ness. Widely used for ornamental, forestry 
and windbreak planting. 
White Spruce—Makes a more dense Christ- 
mas tree than Norway and grows just as 
fast. Closely related to Black Hills, Fine 
also for windbreak and forestry planting. 
Black Hills Spruce — Very compact, deep 
bluish-green foliage. Best Spruce for dry 
country planting. Also the best Spruce for 
planting in yards, as it stays small for many 
years and is highly ornamental. Often used 
in window boxes when young because of its 
early, dense, shapely habit. We know of no 
better table Christmas tree. 
Engelmann Spruce—Steel blue foliage. Has 
slender pyramidal branches which form a 
dense, narrow pyramid. Rapid growing. 
Most valuable tree for forestry planting, 
background use, ornamental purposes. Its 
blue color comes in the winter and makes 
this tree command a premium price among 
Christmas buyers. 
Norway Spruce — Norway has been more 
widely used for Christmas tree planting and 
for windbreaks than any other species. 
Norway in seedlings will be limited in sup- 
ply for some time. 
Colorado Blue Spruce — One of the hand- 
somest native trees growing in the Rocky 
Mountains. Use this tree for background 
and individual specimen planting. Trees grow 
quite slowly when young, but when six or 
seven years old, after becoming established 
in a new planting, grow surprisingly fast. 
The fine blue color comes as the trees get 
older. Prefer heavy soil. 
Black Spruce—A rapid growing tree, suit- 
able for Christmas trees and dense forestry. 
Koster Blue Spruce — Strictly ornamental, 
probably the most in demand of any spruce 
due to its spectacular color. Made by grafts 
only. Silvery blue. 
Morheim Spruce — Another ornamental, a 
darker shade of blue than Koster. Makes a 
very fine specimen and in very much de- 
mand. Stock on these two is very scarce. 


HICK’S YEW 
(Taxus media hicksi) 
