. Street and shade trees. Practical essays on the subject of trees of street and lawn planting, with directions for transplanting, and a list of desirable trees. Trees. 26 The Rural Library. Colorado blue spruce {Picea pungMis) is one of the most beautiful and valuable of all the spruces. The foliage is of a rich blue or sage color and the tree is very hardy, and similar in habit and growth to the white spruce. The firs are not as popular as the spruces or hem- locks, but are very handsome trees. Nordmand's silver fir ( Abies Nordmanniana) is one of the most beautiful species, of symmetrical f
. Street and shade trees. Practical essays on the subject of trees of street and lawn planting, with directions for transplanting, and a list of desirable trees. Trees. 26 The Rural Library. Colorado blue spruce {Picea pungMis) is one of the most beautiful and valuable of all the spruces. The foliage is of a rich blue or sage color and the tree is very hardy, and similar in habit and growth to the white spruce. The firs are not as popular as the spruces or hem- locks, but are very handsome trees. Nordmand's silver fir ( Abies Nordmanniana) is one of the most beautiful species, of symmetrical form, vigorous and quite hardy. A moist, rich soil is best suited to the growth of hemlocks, firs and spruces. They are not well adapted for shade purposes alone, but as single specimens and for groups and shelter belts they are At plant- Size, size, ing, May, Aug:., Aug., 1889. 18S9. 1890. Size of White Pine, Aug., 181^1, 27 months after planting. Fig- ures indicate Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Powell, E. C. (Edwin C. ); McMillan, William. New York, Rural Pub. Co.
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