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ENGELMANN SPRUCE COLORADO BEUn VSP RUCE BLACK HILL. SPRUCE 
(Picea engelmanni) (Picea pungens glauca) (Picea canadensis albertiana) 
SPRUCE - (Picea) 
Spruce are unsurpassed for their ornamental qualities. They are conical or 
pyramidal evergreens of great hardiness and usefulness. Widely used for orna- 
mental, forestry and windbreak planting. 
White Spruce—Makes a more dense 
Christmas tree than Norway and grows 
just as fast. Cliosely 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 pur- 
poses. Its blue color comes in the winter LAN oe Nissi o gaahY Tee L (Sea Geld Bek 
and makes this tree command a premium WHUEE PINE 
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 es-- 
tablished in a new planting, grow surpris- 
ingly fast. The fine blue color comes as 
the trees get older. Prefer heavy soil. 

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Black Spruce—A_ rapid growing tree, 
suitable for Christmas trees and dense 2¥rS 4Y¥r.T 5 Yr. T 6 Yr. T 
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