GIRARD BROTHERS’ NURSERY, GENEVA, QHIO 

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE BLACK HILL SPRUCE 
(Picea pungens glauca) (Picea canadensis a!bertiana 
SPRUCE - (Picea) 
Spruce are unsurpassed for their ornamental qualities. They are conical or pyrami- 
dal evergreens of great hardiness and usefulness. Widely used for ornamental, forestry 
and windbreak planting. Ss 


White Spruce—Makes a more dense | 
Christmas 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 
ef its early, dense, shapely habit. We know 
ef 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 2YR.S 3YR.T 4YR.T 6YR.T 
blue color comes in the winter and makes WHITE PINE ; 
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 es- 
tablished in a new planting, grow surpris- 
ingly fast. The fine blue color comes as the 
trees get older. Prefer heavy soil. 
Black Spruce—A rapid growing tree, 
suitable for Christmas trees and dense 2YR.S 4YR.T 5 YR.T 6 YR. T 
forestry. COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 



