. Catalogue of evergreens, European larch, etc. for the spring of 1893 cultivated and for sale. Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Dundee Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. 11 II. IRISH JUNIPER. est winter; grows quite rapidly when establish- ed; desirable every way. Black Hills Spruce. This is the Picea, Alba or the White with this difference, that while the Norway and the Black and White Spruces of the north will not endure the winter droughts of the western plains, this tree seems well adapted for all the regions from which the others are excluded. Growing in a dry clim- ate and
. Catalogue of evergreens, European larch, etc. for the spring of 1893 cultivated and for sale. Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Dundee Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. 11 II. IRISH JUNIPER. est winter; grows quite rapidly when establish- ed; desirable every way. Black Hills Spruce. This is the Picea, Alba or the White with this difference, that while the Norway and the Black and White Spruces of the north will not endure the winter droughts of the western plains, this tree seems well adapted for all the regions from which the others are excluded. Growing in a dry clim- ate and often richly col- ored, it seems to meet the requirements of a vast held. While the air of the plains has but about 50 degrees of moisture to 90 degrees in the eastern states, it is necessary to have something which will endure the bright sun and drying winds of winter. We have not the experience with this tree we have with the Kocky Moun- tain Conifers, yet having a few thousand growing, we have great faith in them for the West, and see no reason why they should not do well in the East, also. The Concolor. I take this description from an article in the Boston Congregationalist: "The tree with that bright foliage is the Concolor. Riding with a friend in Massachusetts last winter far off on a hill we saw a row of evergreens. There, said I, is a tree from the Rockies, which proved to be true. As the name indicates, it is even colored, the same the year around. But you say: 'What a marvelous beauty this has—ermine and em- erald blended. Such a sheen! A tree dressed in glory! What is it?' It is a robe of matchless beauty the great Horticulturist has given these Conifers, making them the most attractive of anything on earth. They are held in reserve for these later days, when nature and art unite to make home and and lawn and landscape so at- tractive to the eye of taste. Note the contrast of this rare color with the deep green of the pines. There are one or two of these on t
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